{"id":11633,"date":"2021-05-21T12:14:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T12:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=11633"},"modified":"2021-05-21T12:15:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T12:15:55","slug":"crown-not-doing-enough-to-cut-ties-with-junket-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/crown-not-doing-enough-to-cut-ties-with-junket-operators\/","title":{"rendered":"Crown Not Doing Enough to Cut Ties With Junket Operators"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CrownCrown Resorts<\/strong> recently sent a letter to the Victorian Royal Commission<\/a>, currently examining the casino operator to determine if it\u2019s fit to keep its licence in Victoria. In the letter, Crown states that it does not intend to allow high rollers with ties to international junket groups to gamble in its casinos<\/a>. <\/p>\n

This is good news as these junket tour groups are of dubious nature, with some linked to organised crime. Some are even backed by triad-controlled organisations dealing with money laundering and drug trafficking. This is also the main reason why Crown was deemed unfit to operate its new casino in Sydney. <\/p>\n

Penny Neskovcin<\/strong>, the counsel helping the commission, has stated that the Crown willingly ignored possible criminal connections and activities. She also noted that the casino operator wasn\u2019t looking too hard and effectively doing the bare minimum necessary to locate the issues and correct them. <\/p>\n

She went further to explain the specifics. It seems that Crown knew those junket operators had a lot of money to play with. Hence, the casino effectively allowed individual players, to a large extent, to gamble anonymously at the Crown. This potentially exposed the casino to money laundering, and Crown did very little to stop this. <\/p>\n

Sky News Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n

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