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Over 35,000 illegal border crossing cases were detected and 32,000 people were arrested in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

China.- China\u2019s National Immigration Administration<\/strong> has announced that 32,000 people were arrested in 35,000 cases <\/strong>of obstructing national border control in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities also reported a total of 79,000 individuals suspected of engaging in cyber scams were arrested, following the resolution of 391,000 telecommunications-related crimes the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020, China established a blacklist of destinations<\/a> to which cross-border transfers are restricted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The blacklist<\/strong> 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

Chinese authorities also signed\u00a0cooperation agreements<\/a>\u00a0with various countries in the region throughout 2022 and 2023 to combat online and cross-border gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023 witnessed the arrest of 109,000 suspects for various border crimes, and 65,000 foreign citizens faced sanctions for irregular entry, residence, or work in China, with 26,000 subsequently deported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wang Xiaohong<\/strong>, a member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and State Councilor, has recently stressed the need to intensify efforts<\/a>, concentrate resources and strengthen coordination in the fight against cross-border gambling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Macau, authorities have also launched campaigns against gambling, resulting in a halving of licenced junkets to only 18 this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over 35,000 illegal border crossing cases were detected and 32,000 people were arrested in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25798,"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 significant arrests in 2023 for border control obstruction and cyber scams, alongside intensified efforts against cross-border gambling. This crackdown includes a revised Criminal Law, international cooperation agreements, and a substantial reduction in Macau's licensed junket operators, signaling a robust regulatory stance on illicit gaming activities.","focusai_entities":"National Immigration Administration, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Public Security, Communist Party of China Central Committee, Wang Xiaohong","focusai_location":"China, Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), affiliate_publisher (0.75), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regional Operators","query":"How will China's intensified crackdown on cross-border gambling and the reduction of Macau's licensed junkets impact the GGR and NGR of regional iGaming operators and land-based casinos in adjacent markets?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"What specific enhancements to B2B\/B2C licensing requirements and AML\/KYC protocols are anticipated in response to China's expanded international cooperation agreements to combat online and cross-border gambling?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777012502","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\/777012502","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=777012502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777012503,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012502\/revisions\/777012503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777012502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777012502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777012502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}