The British government has laid out how a new Illegal Gambling Taskforce will operate as ministers step up pressure on unlicensed betting businesses targeting UK customers. Officials said the group will bring together regulators, payment companies, technology platforms, law enforcement agencies, trade bodies and gambling industry representatives. It will focus on disrupting financial transactions connected to illegal operators, limiting online advertising tied to unlicensed gambling, and improving coordination between organizations already involved in enforcement work. “The taskforce aims to identify solutions to the issues identified by the taskforce and its sub-groups in relation to the facilitation and promotion of illegal gambling, particularly online,” the government said in the published terms of reference. The taskforce will be jointly led by the Minister for Museums, Heritage and Gambling and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s director of sport and gambling. While industry figures and companies will participate, the government said their identities will remain private. “Names of specific organisations and individuals that are members will not be published,” the document states.  Officials plan to run the …