Chinese police claim to have broken Beijing's largest ever illegal Internet train ticket scalping racket after complaints from would-be travelers of ticket shortages before the week-long National Day Holiday. Police seized 225 tickets w ... ...full story at People's Daily
from People's Daily on Sat, Sep 29 2007
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| 14 Aug 08 |
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Olympic ticket scalping »
YouTube video Tickets for any Olympic events are available in Beijing at last minute but sometimes for an expensive price.
Chinese authorities have vowed to punish scalpers (sometimes known as ticket touts) but outside of Olympic venues many conversations only involve... |
| 16 Aug 08 |
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Beijing police seize 110 foreign and Chinese Olympic ticket scalpers » People's Daily The Beijing police detained 110 suspects on Friday for scalping Olympic tickets. Police have found surging ticket scalping activities while patrolling around the Olympic venues, said Shi Weiping, a police officer with the Beijing Public Security... |
| 16 Nov 08 |
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Scalper jailed in biggest Olympic ticket racket » Shanghai Daily A man has been sentenced to two and a half years in jail and fined 447,000 yuan (US$65,000) for illegally scalping more than 500 Olympic tickets. It is the biggest Olympic ticket scalping case in Beijing so far. ... |
| 16 Jan 08 |
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Police on alert to stop illegal ticket sales » People's Daily Railway authorities here are promising safe travel during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday season, an official has said. Police will be on alert for ticket scalping at all sales offices as well as illegal sales over the Internet, Wu ... |
| 16 Nov 08 |
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Man gets 30-month jail for Olympic ticket touting » Shanghai Daily A MAN was sentenced to two and a half years in jail and a fine of 447,000 yuan (US$65,000) for illegal scalping of more than 500 Olympic tickets. It is the biggest Olympic ticket scalping case trialed in Beijing... |
| 21 Jul 08 |
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Police to detain Olympic tickets scalpers » Shanghai Daily ANYONE caught scalping Olympic tickets will be detained for 10 to 15 days, Beijing police said yesterday, according to a Beijing Times report today. Police have solved several ticket-scalping cases recently and... |
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