New Delhi, July 10 -- MACAU - Casino operators in the Chinese special administrative region flagged more than 2,000 suspicious transactions in the first half of 2026, an 8.7 percent increase over the same period last year, as a surge in visitor arrivals drove a broader rise in anti-money laundering reporting across the city's gaming sector.

The gaming industry filed 2,018 suspicious transaction reports between January and June, up from 1,856 in the first half of 2025, according to data released this week by Macau's Financial Intelligence Office, a unit of the Unitary Police Service. The gaming sector accounted for 73.3 percent of the city's total 2,753 suspicious transaction reports, which grew 9.5 percent year-on-year.

The Financial In...