The individuals were reported as administrators for three online gambling websites, through 12-hour work shifts. Lao authorities have deported 41 Thai nationals suspected of running online gambling websites from the capital, Vientiane. Regional enforcement trendsThis recent deportation corresponds with intensified cross-border efforts to dismantle illegal gambling and telecommunications fraud operations in the region. A man identified as online gaming kingpin Pei Min Si was taken into police custody in Thailand in April of this year. China strictly forbids online gambling and limits land-based gaming to the special administrative region of Macau.