警方严厉打击境外赌博网站

 　　Police in northeast China's Heilongjiang province have broken up a multinational¹ gambling² ring involving a website in the Philippines that has attracted Chinese gamblers.

　　They have seized more than 80 million yuan in gambling funds and frozen bank accounts with funds totaling 230 million yuan.

　　The police in Mudanjiang city first received reports from whistleblowers about the gambling mega-den³ in February 2014.

　　An investigation⁴ showed that gambling activities were manipulated by a group named "Dafa 888" in the Philippines.

　　Established in 2002, the group has operated online gambling in several Asian countries.

　　警方严厉打击境外赌博网站

　　Police say the group has attracted gamblers from more than 10 provinces in China.

　　Sun Yaowu with the public security department of Heilongjiang says they discovered that it was a Philippines-based gambling den that targeted the Chinese mainland to attract gamblers.

　　"Their main server is located in the Philippines and they have financial managers and agencies in China. Through 2,000 bank cards, around 20 million yuan flows outbound every day."

　　Police have extradited the main suspect in the case, Wang Bo from the Philippines to China on Saturday, which marks a crucial step in the investigation.

　　Wang Bo says he was cheated by the gambling website.

　　"They said they were a gaming company. But after undergoing training, I found that they are operating gambling games. I felt cheated and asked some Chinese staff in the company, they told me the company was legally registered in Philippines."

　　Wang Bo promises he will assist the police with further investigations⁵.

　　The police have so far captured 125 suspects in connection with the case.

　　The gambling company that runs the website, dafabet.com, calls itself one of Asia's leading online betting and gaming sites.

　　China's police have blocked two gambling websites operating under dafabet.com that target Chinese gamblers, and attempts have been made to extradite six of the Chinese residents involved.

　　According to China's criminal law, gambling activities for the purpose of revenue generation are punishable by up to three years in prison and fines. Those who run casinos can be given a maximum of 10 years in prison plus fines.

1 multinational   

adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司

参考例句：

• The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
• He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。

2 gambling   

n.赌博；投机

参考例句：

• They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
• The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。

3 den   

n.兽穴；秘密地方；安静的小房间，私室

参考例句：

• There is a big fox den on the back hill.后山有一个很大的狐狸窝。
• The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into tiger's den.不入虎穴焉得虎子。

4 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。