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Beijing police crack down on illegal Olympics tickets sales

Beijing police has seized in a single day 110 scalpers who illegally sold Olympics tickets at competition venues, according to media reports. About 340 Olympics tickets were found to be sold through illegal trading by scalpers on Friday, including 17... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Sun, Aug 17 2008

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20 Aug 08 visit 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,...
16 Aug 08 visit 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...
03 May 08 visit Beijing police launch campaign against scalpers in run-up to Olympics  »  People's Daily Beijing police have launched a one-month campaign against scalpers to ensure the sound progress of Olympic events in August, the Beijing Youth Daily reported Saturday. On May 1, 130 police were dispatched to get hold of scalpers bef ...
23 Jul 08 visit Last chance to snap up Olympic tickets  »  Shanghai Daily THE last tickets for next month's Olympics will go on sale on Friday at ticket booths at the Games' venues, according to Beijing2008.cn. About 250,000 tickets will be made available for Beijing-based events including...
20 Jan 08 visit Beijing police nabs 17 train ticket scalpers  »  china.org.cn Beijing police nabbed 17 scalpers and confiscated 84 train tickets on the second day of the Chunyun, or Spring Festival travel season, a spokesman said on Sunday.

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