{"id":313246,"date":"2024-03-06T12:51:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T18:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=313246"},"modified":"2024-03-07T11:20:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T17:20:42","slug":"body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Body Parts Left at Philippine Police HQ Linked to Illegal Gambling, Cops Say"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Philippines\u2019 National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) says the grim discovery last Friday of a sack of severed body parts outside its HQ in the city of Bacolod could be related to its crackdown on illegal gambling.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Philippines,
NBI agents conducting operations in Manila. Could the agency\u2019s recent crackdown on illegal gambling be the reason why body parts have turned up at its offices in Bacolod? (Image: X.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The sack, containing a severed left hand, left foot, and a pair of ears, was found underneath an agency vehicle parked outside the NBI\u2019s offices at about 5:45 a.m. on March 1.<\/p>\n

Also inside the sack was a paper H&M bag with a handwritten note that read, “William De Arca NBI Protector of Hanz Lopez Drug Lord.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

NBI-Bacolod Director Renoir Baldovino said that it\u2019s possible that the body parts were stolen from a funeral parlor, since they had no bloodstains and were cold, as if they had recently been in a freezer.<\/p>\n

It is not known whether they come from a man or woman, or even from the same person. They are currently being examined by the NBI.<\/p>\n

\u2018Diversionary Tactic\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

William De Arca is a serving NBI agent who Baldovino insisted has no links to the illegal drugs trade. However, De Arca is the special investigator spearheading the illegal gambling crackdown. Meanwhile, the NBI has no knowledge of a drug kingpin named Hanz Lopez, Baldovino said.<\/p>\n

Baldovino speculated that the incident could be a diversionary tactic designed to discredit De Arca and the NBI, or to persuade the agency to refocus its time and resources on battling drugs rather than gambling. Baldovin said the last major NBI campaign against illegal narcotics was in 2021.<\/p>\n

\n

The Philippines has intensified efforts to dismantle the e-sabong (online cockfighting) industry in recent months. E-sabong was briefly regulated and taxed under former President Rodrigo Duterte, but was banned after 34 people connected to the industry went missing<\/a> between April 2021 and January 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The 34 were understood to have been involved in rigged online bouts and are presumed to have been kidnapped and murdered, possibly in retaliation for financial losses. Their bodies have never been found.<\/p>\n

Six people are awaiting trial on charges related to some of the disappearances, while three former Philippines National Police (PNP) officers have also been indicted.<\/p>\n

Recent Raids<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Baldovino said that recent NBI raids of an e-sabong outlet and a jueteng operation in the city involved \u201cinfluential people.\u201d Jueteng is a popular but illegal grassroots numbers game in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

The NBI has heightened security around its offices as a response to the incident, and will increase De Arca\u2019s personal security, Baldovino added.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The incident on Friday was the third time body parts have been dumped in a public place in Bacolod City since January 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Philippines\u2019 National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) says the grim discovery last Friday of a sack of severed body parts outside its HQ in the city of Bacolod could be related to its crackdown on illegal gambling. The sack, containing a severed left hand, left foot, and a pair of ears, was found underneath an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":313249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,88702],"tags":[90124,90125,82370,90123,13520],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBody Parts Left at Philippine Police HQ Linked to Illegal Gambling, Cops Say<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Philippines National Bureau of Investigation found body parts in a bag outside its offices in Bacolod, suspects illegal gambling.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Body Parts Left at Philippine Police HQ Linked to Illegal Gambling, Cops Say\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Philippines National Bureau of Investigation found body parts in a bag outside its offices in Bacolod, suspects illegal gambling.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-06T18:51:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-07T17:20:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NBI.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/\",\"name\":\"Body Parts Left at Philippine Police HQ Linked to Illegal Gambling, Cops Say\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NBI.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-06T18:51:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-07T17:20:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"Philippines National Bureau of Investigation found body parts in a bag outside its offices in Bacolod, suspects illegal gambling.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NBI.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NBI.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"NBI agents conducting operations in Manila. But could the agency\u2019s recent crackdown on illegal gambling be the reason why body parts have turned up at its offices in Bacolod? (Image: X.com)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Crime & Scandals\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/scandals\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Body Parts Left at Philippine Police HQ Linked to Illegal Gambling, Cops Say\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\",\"name\":\"Philip Conneller\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Philip Conneller\"},\"description\":\"In Philip Conneller\u2019s eight years with Casino.org, he has covered the gaming industry from Las Vegas to Macau and everything in between. He currently focuses his coverage on gaming law, white-collar crime, global money laundering, tribal gaming, politics, and regulation. Philip was the original features editor for poker\u2019s Bluff Magazine and editor for Bluff Europe, which he helped launch. His writing has also been featured in ESPN, Forbes, Time Out, The Sun, and The Daily Star, as well as iGaming Business, eGaming Review, and numerous other industry news and tech websites. His news stories for Casino.org\/news have been linked by The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, and Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, among many others. Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 off-suit. He has been reprimanded for unwittingly playing Elton John\u2019s piano on two separate occasions on both sides of the Atlantic. He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist. Philip lives outside London with his wife and children, where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal FC. Contact Philip at philip.conneller@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/philip-conneller\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-conneller-1495a48\/?originalSubdomain=uk\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgphilc\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/phillip-conneller\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Body Parts Left at Philippine Police HQ Linked to Illegal Gambling, Cops Say","description":"Philippines National Bureau of Investigation found body parts in a bag outside its offices in Bacolod, suspects illegal gambling.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Body Parts Left at Philippine Police HQ Linked to Illegal Gambling, Cops Say","og_description":"Philippines National Bureau of Investigation found body parts in a bag outside its offices in Bacolod, suspects illegal gambling.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2024-03-06T18:51:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-03-07T17:20:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NBI.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Philip Conneller","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@casinoorgphilc","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Philip Conneller","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/","name":"Body Parts Left at Philippine Police HQ Linked to Illegal Gambling, Cops Say","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NBI.jpg","datePublished":"2024-03-06T18:51:49+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-07T17:20:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b"},"description":"Philippines National Bureau of Investigation found body parts in a bag outside its offices in Bacolod, suspects illegal gambling.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NBI.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NBI.jpg","width":1200,"height":900,"caption":"NBI agents conducting operations in Manila. But could the agency\u2019s recent crackdown on illegal gambling be the reason why body parts have turned up at its offices in Bacolod? (Image: X.com)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/body-parts-left-at-philippine-police-hq-linked-to-illegal-gambling-cops-say\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Crime & Scandals","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/scandals\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Body Parts Left at Philippine Police HQ Linked to Illegal Gambling, Cops Say"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b","name":"Philip Conneller","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png","caption":"Philip Conneller"},"description":"In Philip Conneller\u2019s eight years with Casino.org, he has covered the gaming industry from Las Vegas to Macau and everything in between. He currently focuses his coverage on gaming law, white-collar crime, global money laundering, tribal gaming, politics, and regulation. Philip was the original features editor for poker\u2019s Bluff Magazine and editor for Bluff Europe, which he helped launch. His writing has also been featured in ESPN, Forbes, Time Out, The Sun, and The Daily Star, as well as iGaming Business, eGaming Review, and numerous other industry news and tech websites. His news stories for Casino.org\/news have been linked by The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, and Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, among many others. Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 off-suit. He has been reprimanded for unwittingly playing Elton John\u2019s piano on two separate occasions on both sides of the Atlantic. He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist. Philip lives outside London with his wife and children, where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal FC. Contact Philip at philip.conneller@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/muckrack.com\/philip-conneller","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-conneller-1495a48\/?originalSubdomain=uk","https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgphilc"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/phillip-conneller\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313246"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313377,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313246\/revisions\/313377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}