public investigation<\/a> by New South Wales authorities, who are examining Crown\u2019s relationship with junket operators.<\/p>\nNumerous media outlets have claimed that Crown has turned a blind eye to Chinese organized crime through its dealings with the junkets.<\/p>\n
The NSW investigation is also focusing on Packer\u2019s sale of 20 percent of Crown Resorts to Melco International, whose CEO, Lawrence Ho, has an interest in a company that is blacklisted by Australian authorities because of its links with his father, Stanley Ho.<\/p>\n
Ho Sr. held the gaming monopoly in Macau until the early 2000s. But US authorities believe he is an associate of the Sun Yee On criminal organization. The Ho family denies this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Crown Resorts billionaire James Packer will be called as a prosecution witness in the corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to indictment documents seen by News Corp. Netanyahu was officially indicted for bribery, fraud and breach of trust on Tuesday, charges that had been brewing for several years. The 70-year-old is accused […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":125604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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