ILLEGAL OPERATION | In this 2018 photo, National Bureau of Investigation agents seize computers and arrest a group of Chinese behind online illegal gambling operations in Muntinlupa City. (File photo by RICHARD A. REYES / Philippine Daily Inquirer) MANILA, Philippines — The primary unit of the Department of Justice (DOJ) tasked with going after cybercriminals would only get P475,000 in confidential funds for 2024. Senators said they found much wanting this allotment for the DOJ's Office of Cybercrime (OOC) — as disclosed by Senate Deputy Majority Leader JV Ejercito during the Senate's budget deliberations on Monday — given the proliferation of online scams in the country.

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