HONG KONG – Police in Macau, the world’s biggest gambling hub, said on Sunday they had arrested two men for alleged illegal gambling and money laundering, as authorities step up a crackdown on illicit capital outflows from the Chinese mainland.
“One of the men involved was responsible for operating an illegal gambling syndicate while the other offered assistance,” the police said in a statement on their official WeChat account, without naming either man.
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