{"id":20258,"date":"2021-07-14T15:02:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T15:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=20258"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:37:06","slug":"china-74-arrested-in-chengdu-for-cross-border-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-74-arrested-in-chengdu-for-cross-border-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"China: 74 arrested in Chengdu for cross-border online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some 74 suspects have been arrested for alleged cross border gambling operations in southwest China\u2019s Chengdu City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>China.- Police are reported to have busted a\u00a0<strong>cross-border online gambling operation<\/strong>\u00a0in Chengdu City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to local media reports,\u00a0<strong>74 people were arrested. <\/strong>Eleven are suspected of running more than 20 foreign gambling apps that took payments via apps such as WeChat and QQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May, the Ministry of Public Security announced that\u00a0<strong>police had investigated more than 18,000\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-18000-cases-of-cross-border-gambling-detected\">cross-border gambling cases<\/a>\u00a0and arrested 110,000 people since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Zhao Kezhi, the minister of public security,&nbsp;<strong>police also detected 2,800 illegal payment platforms<\/strong>, more than 3,400 gambling platforms and over 2,200 gambling promotion platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police also raided underground banks and&nbsp;<strong>1,400 illegal technical teams connected to cross-border gambling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>China announces new measures to fight cross-border gambling<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In June,<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>the<strong>&nbsp;Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)<\/strong>&nbsp;announced&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-announces-new-measures-against-cross-border-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">four new measures<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Global Times, the CAC\u2019s proposal includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Enhancing precision strikes on overseas gambling groups.<\/li><li>Strengthening supervision of blockchain services and related platforms.<\/li><li>Consolidating the responsibility of online platforms.<\/li><li>Forming effective structure within responsible authorities.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities will punish online platforms that&nbsp;<strong>provide paid promotion services for overseas gambling<\/strong>. The CAC will also<strong>&nbsp;monitor blockchain services<\/strong>, including cloud storage and virtual private network services (VPN) to have more extensive control.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some 74 suspects have been arrested for alleged cross border gambling operations in southwest China\u2019s Chengdu City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Chinese authorities have arrested 74 individuals in Chengdu for alleged involvement in cross-border online gambling operations, utilizing foreign apps and domestic payment platforms like WeChat and QQ. This action aligns with a broader national crackdown that has seen over 110,000 arrests since 2020, targeting illegal payment, gambling, and promotion platforms. Concurrently, the Cyberspace Administration of China has introduced new measures to enhance supervision, particularly over blockchain services and online platforms facilitating overseas gambling.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Public Security, Zhao Kezhi, Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), Global Times, WeChat, QQ","focusai_location":"China, Chengdu City","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.8), tech_data (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Payment Processors","query":"What specific measures are payment service providers implementing to prevent their platforms from being exploited by illicit cross-border gambling operations, particularly given the explicit mention of WeChat and QQ?"},{"label":"Blockchain Regulation Scope","query":"How will the Cyberspace Administration of China's enhanced supervision of blockchain services, cloud storage, and VPNs practically impact legitimate technology providers and their operations within China?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,154],"tags":[757,4138],"class_list":["post-20258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legislation-news","tag-online-casino","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20258"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20279,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20258\/revisions\/20279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}