Romance and gambling scams two main causes. Other crime under control, with police making good use of CCTV to apprehend suspects.
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Figures are up on last year but less than 2019; ‘smart policing’ and intelligence exchanges with neighbouring forces promised in future.
Credit card fraud runs rampant as customers shop from home, but while there is less violent crime, child sexual abuse is on the rise.
Macau’s number of reported crimes fell 28.3% year-on-year to 2,412 in the first quarter of the year, the office of Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced today.
The total number of crimes reported in the first half of this year dropped 2.8% year-on-year.
The Judiciary Police are investigating a homicide which occurred on Saturday night outside the Four Seasons Hotel in Cotai in which a male mainlander was stabbed to death
The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested 23 suspects Monday in raids on two addresses in Taipa for their alleged involvement in casino loan sharking and illegal credit card transactions.
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said on Monday that the number of gaming-related crimes rose by 55.9 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of the year. Wong announced the city’s crime figures for the first three months of the year during a press conference at his office in Cotai. According to Wong, gaming-related […]
The Judiciary Police (PJ) recorded 1,553 gaming-related crimes in 2015, a year-on-year increase of 38 percent, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced on Monday. Addressing a press conference at his office in Cotai to announce last year’s crime figures, the policy secretary said that last year’s total number of crimes dropped 2.6 percent year-on-year […]
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