Junket operator’s forbidden ‘cage’ on CCTV

Agreements between Sydney’s Star casino and a junket operator that brought foreign high-rollers in to gamble, forbade the group from handling cash in their private room known as ”Salon 95″.

But CCTV shown to Star’s group manager of due diligence and intelligence, Angus Buchanan, at a NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority inquiry on Wednesday showed “a very similar activity” taking place.

The inquiry is examining whether the casino should keep its licence.

Mr Buchanan began working for Star in May 2019, having previously worked in a number of investigatory roles including in police and law enforcement in Scotland and Australia.

Prior to Star he worked for the Hong Kong Jockey Club, and while there, finalised an April 2018 report into junket operator Suncity, which ran junkets at Star and its rival Crown Resorts, among others around the world.

Before the release of the HKJC report, Mr Buchanan met with Australian law enforcement organisations in May 2017 and was told Suncity junket operators were allegedly laundering as much as $2 million a day in Australia.

Source: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7669559/junket-operators-forbidden-cage-on-cctv/?cs=14264