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\n\n\n\n
China.- Chinese authorities have reported an increase in prosecutions for\u00a0gambling-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 They said 46,575 people were prosecuted<\/strong>, up 27.7 per cent when compared with the same period of 2019. In the whole of 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 The Supreme People\u2019s Procuratorate said: \u201cGambling-related crimes have become increasingly Internet-based<\/strong>\u00a0and developed in virtual formats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “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 A few weeks ago,\u00a074 suspects were arrested\u00a0<\/strong>for alleged\u00a0cross 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 In May, the Ministry of Public Security announced that police had investigated more than 18,000 <\/strong>cross-border gambling cases<\/a> and arrested 110,000 people since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has said it has made a third selection of\u00a0overseas gambling destinations<\/a>\u00a0to add to its blacklist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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\nChina expands its gambling blacklist<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n