Victorian Royal Commission into Crown Melbourne begins

The Victorian Royal Commission into the suitability of Crown Resorts to hold a casino licence in Melbourne commenced today

The Victorian Royal Commission into the suitability of Crown Resorts to have a casino licence in Melbourne commenced today.

The commissioning revealed its first off iv witnesses as Timothy Bryant and Jason Cremona from the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR), Dr Sir James Murray Lawson, director of Ethics and Risk Culture at accounting fast(a) Deloitte Australia, and Nick Stokes, head up of financial criminal offense and money laundering reporting ship's officer at Crown Resorts Limited.

Opening questions for Bryant and Cremona testament focalise on the VCGLR’s monitoring of the operator, its investigation into the arrests of 19 faculty members inward Cathay in 2016, as well as junket operations.

Those arrested were charged with gaming publicity offences, and remain guinea pig to an ongoing social class activity against Crown. Media reports inwards 2019 alleged that Crown junket operators brought inward high-rolling gamblers from People's Republic of China with links to organised crime.

Such revelations led to the ecesis of the Bergin inquiry in New South Wales in 2020. In Feb 2021, it found Crown unsuitable to execute a casino at its fresh reinforced coordination compound inwards Barangaroo inward Sydney.

Written submissions to the Royal Commission shut on 26 April 2021, with research CEO Elizabeth I Langdon on Saturday releasing 30 submissions received from the public online. A tot up of 46 had been lodged, but not all were suited for publication.