Chongqing police have cracked a major cross-border online gambling ring after more than three years of hard work, blocking the group's average annual outflow of nearly 10 billion yuan ($1.41 billion), according to the Ministry of Public Security. 据公安部消息，重庆警方历经三年多的艰苦努力，破获一起特大跨境网络赌博案，阻断年均外流资金近百亿元（约14.1亿美元）。 The police destroyed the Dream Captain Group, one of the top 10 criminal groups involved in cross-border gambling in China, authorities were quoted as saying in a report published on Saturday in China Police Daily, the ministry's official newspaper. 10月12日，公安部官方报纸《中国警察报》发表的一篇报道援引官方消息，警方彻底摧毁跨境赌博全国“十大犯罪集团”之一的“DC”集团。 The key suspect, surnamed Lyu, had returned to Chongqing from overseas and turned himself in, authorities said, adding that all 79 major figures involved in the case and more than 3,900 criminals who also were involved were punished in accordance with the law. 当局称，主要犯罪嫌疑人吕某从境外到重庆投案自首，79名主要涉案人员全部到案，3900余名上下游违法犯罪人员被依法打击处理。 China has stepped up efforts in recent years to crack down on transnational crimes, in order to prevent financial risks and safeguard economic security. In August, the ministry announced plans to strengthen collaboration with law enforcement departments in other countries to crack down on transnational crimes targeting Chinese citizens. 近年来，中国加大了打击跨国犯罪的力度，以防范金融风险，维护经济安全。今年8月，公安部宣布计划加强与其他国家执法部门的合作，以打击针对中国公民的跨国犯罪。 The ministry will deal harsher blows to online gambling, telecommunications fraud, overseas kidnapping and homicide and other organized crime by intensifying cooperation with foreign law enforcement agencies in joint investigations, the exchange of evidence and the capture and repatriation of suspects, said Qi Yanjun, vice-minister of public security. 公安部副部长亓延军表示，针对网络赌博、电信网络诈骗、发生在境外的涉我绑架、杀人、涉黑涉恶等恶性犯罪，公安部将与有关国家执法部门加强案件协查、证据交换、缉捕遣返犯罪嫌疑人等务实合作。 In 2020, the ministry discovered a clue about a cross-border online gambling platform and asked the Chongqing Public Security Bureau for further verification. Chongqing set up a special task force and designated the Nan'an district sub-bureau as the main unit to conduct further investigation. 2020年，公安部发现一条关于跨境网络赌博平台的线索，交由重庆市公安局进一步核查。重庆市公安局成立专案组，指定南岸区分局作为主侦单位，进一步展开侦办。 The task force found out that the multinational gambling platform belongs to the Dream Captain Group in the Philippines. The group is mainly engaged in online gambling in areas including chess, poker and slot machines, and since it was established in 2009, it has developed rapidly and is well known locally and in Southeast Asia, according to authorities. 专案组查明，该跨国赌博平台隶属于菲律宾“DC”集团，主营棋牌、老虎机等网络赌博业务，自2009年创办以来，发展势头迅猛，在当地乃至东南亚地区都颇有名气。 The group attracted a large number of Chinese gamblers through online advertising and domestic agents in China, resulting in a large amount of capital outflow from China, the authorities said. This fostered cross-border money laundering and other illegal industries, seriously affecting the country's social stability and economic security, they added. 当局表示，该集团通过向中国境内投放广告、发展代理人员返