{"id":20672,"date":"2021-07-26T16:11:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T16:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=20672"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:17:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:17:00","slug":"china-46575-prosecuted-for-gambling-related-crimes-in-h1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-46575-prosecuted-for-gambling-related-crimes-in-h1","title":{"rendered":"China: 46,575 prosecuted for gambling-related crimes in H1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has reported that 46,575 people were prosecuted for gambling-related crimes in the first half of the year, up 27.7 per cent when compared with the same period of 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China.- Chinese authorities have reported an increase in prosecutions for\u00a0<strong>gambling-related crimes <\/strong>in the first half of the year, mainly related to casinos in Macau. They said that 86.3 per cent of the prosecutions were for the \u201cestablishment of casinos\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They said <strong>46,575 people were prosecuted<\/strong>, up 27.7 per cent when compared with the same period of 2019. In the whole of <strong>2020, 80,537 people were prosecuted\u00a0<\/strong>for gambling-related crimes, but the number was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Supreme People\u2019s Procuratorate said: \u201c<strong>Gambling-related crimes have become increasingly Internet-based<\/strong>\u00a0and developed in virtual formats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Internet-based gambling has been gradually replacing traditional, brick-and-mortar casinos in becoming a main format of crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few weeks ago,\u00a0<strong>74 suspects were arrested\u00a0<\/strong>for alleged\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-74-arrested-in-chengdu-for-cross-border-online-gambling\">cross border gambling operations<\/a>\u00a0in southwest China\u2019s Chengdu City. Eleven of those were suspected of running more than 20 gambling apps that took payments via apps such as WeChat and QQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May, the Ministry of Public Security announced that&nbsp;<strong>police had investigated more than 18,000&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-18000-cases-of-cross-border-gambling-detected\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cross-border gambling cases<\/a>&nbsp;and arrested 110,000 people since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>China expands its gambling blacklist<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has said it has made a third selection of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-continues-to-expand-gambling-blacklist\">overseas gambling destinations<\/a>\u00a0to add to its blacklist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the fact that the original list has yet to made public, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said it would work with other government departments to \u201csuspend tour groups and arrangement of tourist visas for outbound travel to the recently added destinations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to authorities, the so-called blacklist aims to \u201c<strong>safeguard the lives and financial safety of Chinese citizens<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry stated: \u201cWe will adopt measures to suspend outbound tour groups and the arrangement of tourist visas for trips to these cities and attractions abroad that are on the blacklist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In January,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-expands-gambling-blacklist\">a second selection of destinations was added<\/a>\u00a0to the list. Analysts assume the list includes Australia, Cambodia, the Philippines and Vietnam, which are all popular casino destinations for Chinese customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has reported that 46,575 people were prosecuted for gambling-related crimes in the first half of the year, up 27.7 per cent when compared with the same period of 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"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 reported a 27.7% increase in gambling-related crime prosecutions in H1 compared to 2019, with a significant shift towards internet-based operations. 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