MANILA, Philippines — The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality concluded its investigation on Tuesday into the illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) in Tarlac and Pampanga.

It took 16 hearings before the committee closed the investigation, which highlighted some of the crimes linked to POGO such as large-scale scamming, corruption, kidnapping, torture, prostitution, and human trafficking.

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