{"id":26121,"date":"2022-01-10T10:18:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T13:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=26121"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:24:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:24:48","slug":"china-investigated-over-17000-cross-border-gambling-cases-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-investigated-over-17000-cross-border-gambling-cases-in-2021","title":{"rendered":"China investigated over 17,000 cross-border gambling cases in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities in China revealed more than 17,000 cross-border gambling cases were handled in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China.- The country\u2019s Ministry of Public Security has recently stated it has investigated<strong>&nbsp;more than 17,000 cross-border gambling cases in 2021<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to statements,&nbsp;<strong>more than 80,000 suspects have been detained<\/strong>&nbsp;while 2,200 online gambling platforms were shut down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ministry stated: &#8220;Domestic crackdown actions on customer solicitation networks, money laundering activities and illicit financing channels used by large-size overseas gambling groups were successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>All endeavours will be made to resolutely deter cross-border gambling<\/strong>\u00a0and eradicate the breeding ground for cross-border gambling.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From March 1, 2021, China&#8217;s revised Criminal Law made it illegal for anyone who assists in cross-border gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before the entry into force of the new code, the three mainland law enforcement agencies issued a joint statement in early February last year, calling on individuals to surrender or assist in judicial investigations of&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-continues-to-target-cross-border-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cross-border gambling activities<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The authorities said at the time that in return they would consider lenient treatment when dealing with such issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry of Public Security of China pointed out that\u00a0<strong>more than 1,100 suspects whether in mainland China or elsewhere-had &#8220;surrendered&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0to the Chinese authorities regarding cross-border gambling crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last June,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-announces-new-measures-against-cross-border-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new measures to fight cross-border gambling<\/a>&nbsp;were also announced by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CAC\u2019s proposal included enhancing precision strikes on overseas gambling groups, strengthening supervision of blockchain services and related platforms and forming an effective structure within responsible authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2020 China also established&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-continues-to-expand-gambling-blacklist\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a blacklist of destinations<\/a>&nbsp;to which cross-border transfers are controlled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<strong>blacklist<\/strong>&nbsp;is compiled through work by multiple departments, including the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in China revealed more than 17,000 cross-border gambling cases were handled in 2021.<\/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":"China's Ministry of Public Security reported handling over 17,000 cross-border gambling cases in 2021, leading to 80,000 detentions and the shutdown of 2,200 online platforms. This aggressive enforcement follows the March 2021 revision of China's Criminal Law, which criminalized assistance to cross-border gambling, alongside new measures from the Cyberspace Administration of China targeting overseas groups and blockchain services. The sustained crackdown underscores China's commitment to eradicating illicit gambling activities and controlling capital outflows.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Public Security, Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs","focusai_location":"China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.75), tech_data (0.8), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Asian Operators","query":"How will China's intensified crackdown on cross-border gambling, including the criminalization of assistance and enhanced blockchain supervision, impact the operational strategies and revenue forecasts of iGaming operators and B2B suppliers with significant exposure to Asian markets?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"What specific enhancements to regulatory compliance frameworks and technological controls, particularly concerning geo-blocking and payment processing, are necessitated by China's aggressive enforcement actions and its blacklist of gambling destinations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439,158],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-26121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26121","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=26121"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26131,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26121\/revisions\/26131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}