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China demands Macau crack down on illegal money exchange
China's Ministry of Public Security has urged security forces in Macau and the mainland to strengthen cooperation to combat illegal money changing in the semi-autonomous region.
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China's official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday that the ministry last week held "a special national-level work meeting" dedicated to illegal currency exchange in Macau.
The security ministry warned that the scale of groups dedicated to the activity had "grown rapidly" in recent years, "driven by huge profits" from not just currency exchange but also usury, the lending of money at very high interest rates.
That has in turn fuelled other illegal activities including "violent crime, fraud, robbery and smuggling, seriously affecting Macau's social security and stability", the ministry said.
The authorities have ordered mainland security forces to "strike hard and take multiple measures simultaneously", including stepping up cooperation with police in the Chinese special administrative region.
The ministry added that illegal currency exchange was linked to money laundering and underground banks that were being used to move money between jurisdictions, including Macau and mainland China.
Macau's government announced last week that casino-related crime had more than doubled in the first quarter, year-on-year, from 158 to 351 cases.
Security forces have acknowledged a rise in illegal money changing, and have described a trend towards "ganging up and professionalisation". Between January and March, 1,292 people were found to be involved in such activity, of whom 1,227 were expelled from the territory.
In December, Macau's Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, said the government might amend the city's criminal code to make illegal currency exchange a crime.
In March 2022, an annual report by the US State Department named Macau as a major money laundering concern worldwide.
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