Public security organs will continue to crack down on gambling in rural areas and improve oversight to prevent such crimes, an official with the Ministry of Public Security said on Wednesday.
During the past six months, police dealt with 10,000 criminal cases and 75,000 administrative cases related to gambling in rural areas, and confiscated 740 million yuan ($104 million) in related funds as part of a nationwide crackdown, according to the ministry.
In November, the ministry launched an operation targeting gambling in rural areas. As a result, the number of reports received related to gambling has decreased by 23.1 percent, said Qi Xiguo, an official with the ministry’s public security administration bureau.
Qi said that those engaged …
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