Macau\u2019s police identified 125 websites but were unable to take action against all of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.- The Macau government\u2019s Policy Address 2021 confirms 97 websites related to illicit gambling or fraud were taken down during the first eight months of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Macau\u2019s police identified 125 websites but were unable to take legal action against all of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The document says that police handled 256 \u201cgaming-related\u201d crime cases, which represents a decline of 81.8 per cent year-on-year. But Covid-19 restrictions might explain the decrease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2019, 254 illicit websites were identified and 177 were blocked. Wong Sio Chak, the city\u2019s Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak, said during a Legislative Assembly in April that this was mainly through direct communication with overseas hosting companies rather than via formal judicial cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Policy Address 2021 said security forces would do spot checks in casinos and crack-down on illicit money exchanges, \u201ctip hustling\u201d and prostitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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