gambling police

The police had launched further operations related to a group of foreign nationals suspected to be involved in laundering the proceeds of their organized criminal activities, including scams and online gambling, police said in a statement on Wednesday.

Specialized gambling police and lottery investigators raised an alarm but found their investigations shut down or blocked, or even worse, they were fired, the commission heard.

Investigators obtained a search warrant as a result of a call reporting possible animal cruelty and gambling., police said.

In the latest incident, the suspect wanted to vent his anger after losing money gambling, police in Guangzhou said.

As gambling police explained it, the once honorable profession of croupier, traditionally passed on from father to son, has been taken over by organized crime.