ABSTRACT

This paper is to investigate whether anti-money-laundering (AML) improvement in a gaming tourism destination is driven by the integration of new technologies, or by other factors such as financial inclusion and close coordination between companies and related government bodies. The quantitative method of ordinary least squares (OLS) multivariate regression is applied to determine the degree to which money-laundering activities in Macau reduced between 2007 and 2017. This study reveals a strong positive relationship between the number of suspicious transaction reports (STRs) and the amount of private-sector domestic credit as a percentage of GDP. The relationship between investment in IT as a percentage of GDP and the number of STRs is statistically insignificant, but there is a positive association with the number of STRs in the gaming tourism industry. Close coordination between industry players and various AML agencies has also had a positive impact on STR detection. Besides, this study will be of benefit to the gaming tourism destination, showing that casinos can cooperate openly with financial institutions and government bodies to fight money laundering, which will help to ensure that gaming tourism destination maintains a positive image sustainably.

摘要

本文旨在调查博彩旅游目的地的反洗钱 (AML) 改进是由新技术的整合推动，还是由金融包容性以及公司与相关政府机构之间的密切协调等其他因素推动。应用普通最小二乘法 (OLS) 多元回归的定量方法来确定 2007 年至 2017 年间澳门洗钱活动减少的程度。这项研究揭示了可疑交易报告 (STR) 数量与私营部门国内信贷占 GDP 的百分比。IT 投资占 GDP 的百分比与 STR 数量之间的关系在统计上不显着，但与博彩旅游业的 STR 数量呈正相关。行业参与者和各种反洗钱机构之间的密切合作也对 STR 检测产生了积极影响。此外，这项研究将有利于博彩旅游目的地，表明赌场可以与金融机构和政府机构公开合作打击洗钱活动，这将有助于确保博彩旅游目的地可持续地保持正面形象。