Operating Engineers Local 501 Commends Australian Gaming Regulator's Action on Junkets
The International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 501 ( https://local501.org/ ) commends the government of New South Wales, Australia and its Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority for their recent regulatory and enforcement actions against VIP-junket activity in the gambling industry.
- The International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 501 ( https://local501.org/ ) commends the government of New South Wales, Australia and its Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority for their recent regulatory and enforcement actions against VIP-junket activity in the gambling industry.
- Active government intervention helped ensure that junkets with reputed ties to organized crime and money laundering ceased operations at targeted casinos.
- Our organization has previously performed extensive research on Macau-based junkets, including some identified in the Bergin Report, and published our findings for public use.
- Operating Engineers, Local 501 intends to renew our own research project into VIP-junkets and their ancillary activities and serve as a resource for government regulators and the general public in this vital effort.