In the biggest prostitution scandal in Macau's history, a well-known executive in Macau was arrested, indicating that Chinese President Xi Jinping is expanding his crackdown on corruption to limit or even long termTolerate bad habits
Police in the former Portuguese colony arrested Alan Ho and handcuffed his head with a black hood, allegedly running a prostitution ring in his uncle Stanley Ho's casino.
He houelder monopoly gambling in Macao for 40 years, Macau gambling Holding Co. , Ltd.
The company he founded is still the largest casino operator in Asia.
The latest target of the authorities for the sex industry is that Xi Jinping has launched the largest campaign in decades to combat bribery, corruption and other corruption to strengthen the legitimacy of the ruling Communist Party.
The Macau casino, which was hit by Xi Jinping last year, may feel a further tightening of the cable, especially for those who introduce high-cable intermediaries.
Gamblers from the mainland.
"There is no doubt that there is a new sheriff in town," said Steve Vickers, a Hong Kong political risk consultant . ".
"This is in line with President Xi Jinping's call for the Macao authorities to show 'greater courage and wisdom' and 'strengthen and improve regulation and oversight of the gaming industry.
Xi Jinping, who visited Macau last month to celebrate the 15 th anniversary of Macao's return to China, said this week that there would be no concessions
In his "fierce and enduring" fight against corruption, thousands of senior officials, including the country's former security minister, have been arrested.
Actions, including restrictions on illegal capital flows, have prompted mainland VIPs to avoid Macau and shut down some casinos.
Nomura analysts, led by Stella Xing, wrote yesterday that David group, Macau's top 10 bookmakers, is closing its VIP rooms throughout the city.
Macau is seeking to limit the flow of funds because there are concerns that illegal funds will flow from the mainland to Macau through junket operators who provide credit to Hong Kong.
End the player gambling in the city.
Alan Ho is one of six people arrested for driving the ring out of the Lisboa Hotel.
According to the Macao Daily, last weekend's action was the city's biggest case of forced prostitution since it handed over 1999 times to China.
Involving 2,400 suspicious workers and about 0. 4 billion patacas ($50 million)
According to the Macao judicial police, this is illegal.
Alan Ho did not reply to the query sent to him for workmail address.
According to a police statement, the ring charges women in exchange for their permission to recruit men at the hotel.
They said that some of these ladies, recruited on the Internet, paid 150,000 yuan as a "admission fee" and a monthly protection fee of 10,000 patacas.
According to a report by the Macao Daily on January, the city's security chief, Huang Sio Chak, promised to strengthen police enforcement in Macao's sexual transactions. 14.
Macao has long tolerated sex Trading, a natural product of casinos --
Carlos Shaw, associate professor at the Macao Institute of Technology, said the key tourist cities.
"My friend who went to Macau also encountered this situation;
"Sometimes, pimps ask men if they need this kind of service," Siu said . ".
"If it's night, women may hide in the dark corner pretending to play slot machines and come out close to you.
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In 2013, the Macao authorities conducted 34 sexual transactions investigations, compared with 15 in the same period last year. S.
According to the State Council human trafficking report released on last June.
The victims are mainly from mainland China. "Sometimes they are locked in massage parlors and illegal brothels. they are closely monitored and forced to work for a long time. their identity documents are confiscated and threatened by violence . "
For areas that do not fully meet the minimum standards of the law on the protection of victims of trafficking and violence, the State Council has listed Macao as a secondary, "but significant efforts are being made to make themselves compliant ".
Contact the staff of the Association (Macau)
Kendy m said that when they visited the Lisboa Hotel and another casino hotel on Wednesday to distribute condoms and health information leaflets, there was little evidence of rampant sex trading, non-executive directors
Government organizations that support Macao sex workers.
M m said that these sex workers usually engage in sex transactions in places such as casinos, nightclubs and saunas, with little social and government support, adding that, due to the quiet nature of the industry and the lack of accurate surveys, there are no specific statistics on the size of the industry.
"These people are often young female migrant workers and there is little local support," M m said . ".
"They are very marginalized and may face various dangers;
Violence is one of them, and unsafe sex and exploitation by employers is another.
The police stabbed a policeman.
Profile locations like Lisboa Hotels, along with the arrest of a powerful Ho family member, herald a cleaner arrival --
Lok Wai Kin, vice chairman of the Macao legal reform advisory committee, said the committee advised the government on legal matters.
Lok, a law professor at the University of Macau, said: "The Macao government hopes to make the gambling industry a more standardized and legal industry . ".
"You can't be rampant. your-
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