2016 criminology study<\/a> that interviewed former triad members, police officers,\u00a0Chinese\u00a0officials, and VIP room managers, described its influence as \u201cpervasive.\u201d<\/p>\nBut facing increasing regulatory pressure from the government in Macau and Central Government in Beijing, triads had become more \u201cbank-like\u201d and \u201ccivilized\u201d and had \u201creadjusted their traditional intrusive role and reinvented harmonious business strategies to suit the market reality,\u201d the report concluded.<\/p>\n
While Crown Resorts would have at the very least known about rumoured links between triads and the junket industry, implications in the media that it \u201cpermitted\u201d individuals to launder money through its casinos, thereby jeopardising its license to operate, are currently unfounded — unless ACLEI finds differently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Australia\u2019s anti-corruption watchdog is to investigate whether the country\u2019s Department of Home Affairs (DHA) improperly fast-tracked visas for Chinese VIPs on behalf of Crown Resorts. This follows reports by Australian current affairs program 60 Minutes \u2013 as well as The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age \u2013 examining the relationship between Crown and Macau-based junket […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":110692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Crown Resorts to be Investigated by Anti-Corruption Watchdog Over VIPs<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n