Australia's Crown Casino Flooded with Crime
14 May 2006
According to recently-released confidential statistics taken from Victoria Police's LEAP database, Crown Casino and the entire Southbank area of Melbourne, Australia, has seen as many as 4,239 crimes over the last three years. The list of these criminal offenses includes grave crimes, such as murder by stabbing, drug-related incidents, robberies and numerous sex offenses.
In response to these findings, Crown Casino spokesperson Gary O' Neill was reported as saying that Melbourne's Southbank area is an up-and-coming entertainment district, with the bars, restaurants and nightclubs opening constantly. O'Neill also said that there were over 3,000 security and surveillance cameras operating on the casino premises and that the casino staff had recently improved lightning and surveillance of areas near the gaming venue.
A new report on crime associated with the casino will not be issued until 2008, since the Australian government extended the gaming operator and license review period from two to five years. According to Minister for Gaming John Pandazopoulos, the change had been made at the request of the Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation because the casino regulation level had significantly increased
Source: Authorized Online Casino News
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