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... ...full story at People's Daily
from People's Daily on Sat, Aug 16 2008
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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... |
| 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... |
| 10 Jun 08 |
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Police nab 6 in ticket scalping operation » Shanghai Daily SIX people have been detained by Beijing police for allegedly scalping more than 1,500 Olympic tickets. The six suspects were reportedly hiring people to buy 1,579 tickets in Beijing, Dalian in Liaoning Province,... |
| 30 Jul 08 |
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Two men charged in Olympic ticket scalping scandal » Shanghai Daily TWO men have been charged with scalping Olympic tickets and another 40 scalpers have been caught by Beijing police as of Sunday, a Beijing newspaper reported today. Xicheng District People's Court is handling... |
| 20 Aug 08 |
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Police crack down on Olympic ticket scalpers » Shanghai Daily POLICE in Beijing have caught 276 Olympic ticket scalpers, including 37 foreigners, during a campaign that was launched on August 15. They confiscated a total of 613 Olympic tickets, which will be kept as evidence,... |
| 29 Sep 07 |
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Police crack Beijing's biggest online ticket scalping case » People's Daily 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 ... |
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