Police crack down on cross-border gambling

73,000 cases probed, over 4,500 online platforms busted in major operations

Chinese police investigated as many as 73,000 cross-border gambling and related cases last year, dismantling more than 4,500 online gambling platforms, the Ministry of Public Security said.

They also disrupted multiple networks soliciting gamblers and underground banks in China, which had been operated for big gambling groups overseas, the ministry said in a statement on Thursday evening.

It noted that the battle against cross-border gambling has remained strong, adding that police nationwide conducted four operations to crack 45 major cases and captured 11,000 suspects.