{"id":777039562,"date":"2026-03-23T11:54:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777039562"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:13:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:13:34","slug":"taiwan-busts-us8-66bn-laundering-ring-linked-to-macau-casinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/taiwan-busts-us8-66bn-laundering-ring-linked-to-macau-casinos","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan charges 10 over alleged laundering ring linked to Macau casinos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Enforcement actions have led to the seizure of NT$230.95m (US$7.2m) from accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Taiwan.- Police in Taiwan say they have dismantled a cross-border money laundering ring which used credit cards at Macau casinos to hide illegal gambling proceeds. The Yunlin<\/strong> District Prosecutors Office <\/strong>says the network made cash or bank transfers via nominee accounts to agents in Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With high account balances, the agents were able to secure high credit limits. They reportedly visited Macau casinos, used credit cards to buy chips, pretended to gamble and cashed out remaining funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year after Taiwan\u2019s Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) <\/strong>detected unusual transactions across several bank accounts. It says NT$278.3bn<\/strong> (US$8.66bn) in laundered fund was processed by the network, with NT$33.1bn <\/strong>(US$1.03bn) of that amount transferred to Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since November 2025<\/strong>, Taiwan police have conducted four joint operations in Taipei, New Taipei and Taichung in connection with the case. These have led to the seizure of NT$230.95m<\/strong> (US$7.2m) from accounts and about NT$2.62m<\/strong> (US$82,192) in cash, credit cards mobile phones and money counting machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over 20 people have were arrested, and 10 have been formally charged under Article 19(1) <\/strong>and Article 20(1) and (3) <\/strong>of the Money Laundering Prevention Act<\/strong>, and Article 268 <\/strong>of the Criminal<\/strong> Code<\/strong> for providing gambling venues for profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Prosecutors Office said it will step up collaboration with police and other agencies to improve detection and prosecution of cross-border crimes, especially money laundering and related financial offences.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Morgan Stanley revises outlook for Macau gaming sector amid GGR slowdown<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Enforcement actions have led to the seizure of NT$230.95m (US$7.2m) from accounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":8342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Taiwanese authorities have dismantled a sophisticated cross-border money laundering operation that utilized Macau casinos and credit card transactions to obscure illegal gambling proceeds. The network processed an estimated NT$278.3bn (US$8.66bn) in laundered funds, leading to over 20 arrests and the seizure of NT$230.95m (US$7.2m) in assets. This enforcement action highlights ongoing regulatory challenges in combating financial crime within the iGaming ecosystem.","focusai_entities":"Taiwan Police, Yunlin District Prosecutors Office, Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB), Morgan Stanley","focusai_location":"Taiwan, Macau, Yunlin District, Taipei, New Taipei, Taichung","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau Casino Vulnerabilities?","query":"What specific operational and KYC\/AML vulnerabilities within Macau's casino regulatory framework enabled this cross-border money laundering scheme to operate for an extended period?"},{"label":"Regulatory Collaboration Impact?","query":"How will the stated commitment to enhanced cross-border collaboration between Taiwanese and Macau regulatory bodies impact future AML\/CFT enforcement and due diligence requirements for regional operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163],"tags":[29,227,24764],"class_list":["post-777039562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","tag-casino","tag-china","tag-money-laundering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039562","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777039562"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777039571,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039562\/revisions\/777039571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777039562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777039562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777039562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}