Inside Asian Gaming

IAG AUG 2022年8月 亞博匯 104 Cheng Jian, or “Cunning Kin,” following sentencing by the Provincial High People’s Court of Guangdong for a string of murders and robberies. These instances, IAG mused at the time, drew a clear line in the sand that China would not tolerate such criminal activity. The handover and subsequent liberalization of Macau’s gaming industry in 2001 – which saw triad-linked junkets moved into private VIP rooms within Macau’s glitzy new casinos on the proviso that they steer clear of trouble – ultimately saw violent crime rates tumble. Between 2000 and 2011, the number of reported homicides fell to between three and nine each year, and they’ve fallen even further since with two or fewer homicides in eight of the past 10 years. Now, with the VIP industry having been shaken to its knees, it seems the days of triads ruling the streets of Macau are further away than ever. 10 YEARS AGO 搶劫罪被廣東省高級人民法院判處死刑 並立即執行。 《亞博匯》當時寫道，這些事件清 晰表明，中國不會容忍此類犯罪活動。 隨著澳門回歸及隨後2001年賭權的 開放，與黑社會有關聯的博彩中介被轉 移至澳門豪華新賭場內的私人貴賓廳， 條件是不要生事，而這些最終令到暴力 犯罪率下降。2000年至2011年期間，每 年報告的兇殺案數量下降到3至9起，並 且自過去10年間，有8年發生的兇殺案數 量降到2起及以下。 如今，隨著貴賓博彩行業的重創， 黑社會統治澳門街頭的日子比以往任何 時候都更為遙遠。 年份 / YEAR 兇殺案 / HOMICIDES 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021