Colombia plans to impose payment-blocking measures against internationally licensed online gambling sites serving local punters.

On Tuesday, Juan B. Pérez Hidalgo, president of Colombia’s gaming regulatory agency Coljuegos, gave a presentation as part of the annual Event of Accountability at the Ministry of Finance. Hidalgo told the audience that the regulator planned to “step up actions against illegal games of chance.”

Hidalgo went on to say that the regulator planned to “intensify controls and we will seek the tools that the law allows us to reach people who are literally stealing resources for the health of Colombians.”

Colombia became the first South American jurisdiction to formally legalize and regulate online gambling last October. This March, Coljuegos awarded its first online license to local operator Wplay.co and international operators such as Sportium expect to launch before the year is through.