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內地警方與本局“風鏈行動”搗破跨境犯罪集團
為打擊由不法匯兌及電訊詐騙衍生的罪案，本局有組織罪案調查處針對2025年1月至7月期間的不法匯兌案件展開深入調查，發現有涉案人士來澳後，在新口岸或路氹城區酒店周邊以優於市場的匯率招攬客人進行兌換，然而部分客人以現金或籌碼換取涉案人士的轉帳後，其帳戶因曾接收電訊網絡詐騙案贓款而在短時間內被銀行凍結，又或在返回內地後被警方以涉案為由調查，經綜合分析後查知當中12宗案件具高度關聯性，合計涉款359萬元人民幣。
為進一步查明涉案內地銀行帳戶的犯罪資金鏈條，本局透過警務聯絡機制進行通報，獲國家公安部高度重視，協調多個省市公安廳進行調查，並指揮珠海市公安局與本局組成聯合專案小組，經連月嚴密偵查後成功鎖定一個跨境清洗黑錢犯罪團夥。有關團夥由下線成員在娛樂場周邊向客人回收港元現金或籌碼，骨幹成員則將電訊網絡詐騙犯罪所得贓款利用多個銀行帳戶轉帳予客人，藉此將涉案款項洗白，其間更有同黨分別負責現場掩護，以及將回收所得的款項帶返內地。
2026年4月16日，珠澳兩地警方同步採取代號“風鏈”的聯合行動，本局人員先後於三間酒店及關閘口岸拘捕25名涉案人，包括20男3女內地居民，以及1男1女香港居民，檢獲約570萬港元現金、多部手機、電子通訊設備、轉帳用二維碼、大量虛擬貨幣廣告紙牌與多本帳簿，以及一個用作製造虛假證件截圖的工具箱。調查顯示，涉案人等利用電腦工具，將自己的相片與電訊網絡詐騙案事主或涉案銀行帳戶持有人的證件資料進行非法合成，在匯兌過程中用作瞞騙賭客，以掩飾資金真實來源並規避警方追查。其中，2名涉案香港男女至少自2025年11月起負責每日在本澳不同地點接收同黨送來的贓款，透過名下多個虛擬貨幣帳戶將贓款轉換為泰達幣並傳送至團夥骨幹成員，至今已清洗黑錢折合約4,200萬人民幣。
同時，在國家公安部統籌下，廣東省公安廳協調珠海市公安局分別在前期及是次行動中，於內地多個省市合共緝獲包括3名主腦在內的24男16女涉案內地居民，檢獲大批涉案證物，以及搗破珠海市11個涉及犯罪團夥資金鏈條的地下錢莊，有關交易總額累計達125萬元人民幣。
綜合調查資料，有關犯罪團夥自2025年1月至今合共清洗黑錢至少4,560萬元人民幣，從中不法獲利約250萬元人民幣。
本局根據調查所得，以犯罪集團、清洗黑錢及電腦偽造等罪將25名在澳緝獲的涉案人士移送檢察院偵辦。
是次行動成功搗破一個跨境詐騙及清洗黑錢犯罪集團，充分反映本局與內地警方的警務合作機制暢通有效，並彰顯兩地警方合作打擊跨境犯罪、共同維護社會治安的決心和能力。本局將聯同內地警方繼續就案件進行深入調查，並追緝其餘在逃涉案人。
“Operation Wind Chain” by Mainland Police and Macao Judiciary Police busted cross-border criminal syndicate
In order to combat crimes derived from illegal currency exchange and telecom fraud, the Organised Crime Division of the Judiciary Police launched in-depth investigation against illegal currency exchange cases that occurred between January and July 2025. It was discovered that upon arriving Macao, the involved persons used a more favourable exchange rate than the market rate to solicit patrons at hotels’ peripheries in ZAPE or Cotai district. However, after some of the patrons exchanged for transfers from the involved persons with cash or chips, their accounts were either shortly frozen by banks due to having received telecom fraud proceeds, or they were investigated by police due to crime involvement when they returned to mainland. Subsequent to integrated analyses, it was discovered that 12 cases were highly correlated, involving a total of RMB3.59 million.
In a bid to further identify the chainline of illicit funds in the involved mainland bank accounts, the Judiciary Police made a notification through the policing liaison mechanism, which was taken seriously by the Ministry of Public Security to coordinate public security departments form multiple provinces and cities to conduct investigation, as well as directing the Zhuhai Municipal Public Security Bureau to form a joint operation team with the Macao Judiciary Police. After consecutive months of meticulous investigation, a cross-border money laundering criminal syndicate was successfully identified. Downline members of the related syndicate would retrieve HKD in cash or chips from patrons at the casinos’ peripheries, while skeleton members would transfer illicit proceeds from telecom and cyber frauds to patrons via multiple bank accounts so as to launder the involved funds. During their operation, accomplices were respectively deployed to act as cover up at the scene as well as bringing the retrieved funds back to mainland.
On 16th April 2026, police from Zhuhai and Macao executed the joint operation codenamed “Wind Chain” simultaneously. The Judiciary Police officers successively arrested 25 involved persons, including 20 men and 3 women from mainland, plus 1 man and 1 woman from Hong Kong, in three hotels and at the Portas do Cerco checkpoint. Around HKD5.7 million in cash, several mobile phones, electronic communication equipment, QR codes for transfer usage, numerous advertisement cards about virtual currencies and multiple ledgers, as well as a tool kit for making bogus ID screenshot were seized. Investigation revealed that the involved persons had made use of computer tools to illegally combine their own images with the identification information of telecom and cyber fraud victims or involved bank account holders into composite photos so as to con gamblers during the currency exchange process, covering up the authentic sources of the funds and evading police investigation. Among all, the two involved Hong Kong individuals had been receiving illicit proceeds, at least since November 2025, from accomplices at different locations in Macao every day, converting them to Tether (USDT) via multiple virtual currency accounts under their names before transferring to skeleton members of the syndicate, laundering equivalently around RMB42 million up to the present.
At the same time, under the coordination of the Ministry of Public Security, the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department coordinated with the Zhuhai Municipal Public Security Bureau before and during the operation, arresting a total of 24 involved mainland men and 16 involved mainland women, including 3 masterminds, in several provinces and cities. A huge amount of involved evidence was seized, along with 11 underground banks in Zhuhai city, which belonged to the involved criminal syndicate chainline, busted. The total involved transacted amount reached RMB1.25 million accumulatively.
After integrating the investigative information, it was discovered that the related criminal syndicate had laundered at least RMB4.56 million since January 2025 to the present, from which RMB2.5 million illicit proceeds were obtained.
Based on investigative results, the Judiciary Police transferred the 25 involved persons arrested in Macao to the Public Prosecutions Office with the charges including criminal syndicate, money laundering and computer forgery.
In this operation, a cross-border fraud and money laundering criminal syndicate was successfully busted, which fully reflects the smoothness and effectiveness of the policing cooperation mechanism between the mainland police and the Macao Judiciary Police, demonstrating the determination and capability of the two police forces to jointly combat cross-border crime and safeguarding the public security in the community together. The Judiciary Police will continue to coordinate with the mainland police to conduct in-depth investigation of this case, while pursuing the remaining involved persons at large.