{"id":25021,"date":"2021-11-30T10:49:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T13:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=25021"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:22:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:22:54","slug":"china-14-repatriated-for-cross-border-gambling-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-14-repatriated-for-cross-border-gambling-crimes","title":{"rendered":"China: 14 repatriated for cross-border gambling crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Chinese citizens, who were suspected of cross-border gambling and telecommunication fraud, have been arrested and sent back to the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>China.-\u00a0Authorities in China\u00a0have reported that 14 Chinese citizens with a Red Notice from Interpol were arrested on accusations of cross-border gambling crimes. They have been repatriated and are being detained in isolation following Covid-19 rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Global Times, the public security forces will conduct further investigations. The repatriation comes amid China\u2019s crackdown on cross-border gambling syndicates, which caused many gangs engaged in gambling fraud to flee to other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China\u2019s Global Times has reported that from 2020 to October this year, Chinese authorities have investigated\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-investigated-30000-cross-border-gambling-cases-since-2020\">more than 30,000 cross-border gambling cases<\/a>. It reported that\u00a0<strong>more than 160,000 suspects have been detained<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said enforcement actions had led to the\u00a0<strong>closure of 5,100 \u201cgambling platforms\u201d and 3,900 \u201cillegal payment platforms\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>and underground banks, \u201ceffectively curbing the rampant trend of cross-border gambling.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese citizens, who were suspected of cross-border gambling and telecommunication fraud, have been arrested and sent back to the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25039,"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 repatriated 14 citizens accused of cross-border gambling crimes, part of an extensive crackdown that has seen over 160,000 suspects detained since 2020. This enforcement action has led to the closure of thousands of illegal gambling and payment platforms, significantly curbing illicit operations. The operation involved Interpol Red Notices and further investigations are underway.","focusai_entities":"Interpol, Global Times","focusai_location":"China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.95), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cross-border Enforcement Impact","query":"What are the long-term implications of China's aggressive cross-border gambling enforcement for licensed iGaming operators and B2B suppliers targeting regulated markets in Asia?"},{"label":"Payment Platform Risks","query":"How will the closure of \"illegal payment platforms\" in China influence global payment processing strategies for legitimate iGaming entities seeking to mitigate AML and fraud risks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-25021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25021","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=25021"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25030,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25021\/revisions\/25030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}