{"id":777007531,"date":"2023-07-24T09:32:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T12:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777007531"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:45:19","slug":"china-32000-arrested-over-cross-border-gambling-in-h1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-32000-arrested-over-cross-border-gambling-in-h1","title":{"rendered":"China: 32,000 arrested over cross-border gambling in H1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The arrests were made for obstructing national border control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>China.- <strong>China&#8217;s National Immigration Administration<\/strong> has announced that <strong>32,000 people were arrested in 16,000 cases <\/strong>of obstructing national border control in the first six months of the year.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zhang Ning<\/strong>, a spokesperson for the immigration administration, said foreign and domestic criminal syndicates were collaborating to facilitate the unlawful transport of Chinese nationals for gambling and telecom fraud purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Asian Gaming Brief, authorities reported that 464,000 cases related to telecom fraud and online gambling were resolved last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, China established&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-continues-to-expand-gambling-blacklist\" target=\"_blank\">a blacklist of destinations<\/a>&nbsp;to which cross-border transfers are restricted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>blacklist<\/strong>&nbsp;is compiled by multiple departments, including the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security. In March 2021, China\u2019s revised Criminal Law made it illegal to assist cross-border gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Chinese authorities signed&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-and-thailand-to-strengthen-cooperation-to-combat-online-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">cooperation agreements<\/a>&nbsp;with countries in the region to combat online and cross-border gambling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The arrests were made for obstructing national border control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26498,"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 National Immigration Administration reported 32,000 arrests in H1 for obstructing national border control, primarily targeting criminal syndicates facilitating the unlawful transport of Chinese nationals for gambling and telecom fraud. This robust enforcement aligns with China's revised Criminal Law of 2021, which criminalized assisting cross-border gambling, and ongoing international cooperation efforts to combat such illicit activities.","focusai_entities":"China\u2019s National Immigration Administration, Zhang Ning, Asian Gaming Brief, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Public Security","focusai_location":"China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regional GGR Impact","query":"How will China's intensified enforcement against cross-border gambling and associated criminal syndicates impact the GGR and NGR of regulated land-based and online operators in neighboring jurisdictions?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"What specific enhancements to B2B\/B2C licensing requirements and governance frameworks are anticipated in jurisdictions cooperating with China to mitigate risks associated with illicit cross-border gambling?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777007531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007531","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=777007531"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777007566,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007531\/revisions\/777007566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777007531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777007531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777007531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}