The New South Wales NSW state public inquiry was set up in after Australian media published allegations of criminal activity at the nation's largest casino - Crown's Melbourne venue. Those reports- combined with an earlier sale of Crown shares to Asian casino operator Melco - prompted regulators to investigate. For years, Crown and its associates have been dogged by allegations of illegal activity: from machine tampering to money laundering and junkets paid-for-trips bringing in high-spending gamblers from Asia.
In her report, commissioner Bergin said organised crime agents had "infiltrated" Crown's casinos and the company had breached several gambling laws. She said Crown was "facilitating money laundering, exposing staff to the risk of detention in a foreign jurisdiction and pursuing commercial relationships with individuals" connected to criminal groups. There was a high probability of money laundering "in the [Melbourne] casino premises with hundreds of thousands of dollars brought into the casino in cooler bags and shopping bags and exchanged for chips and plaques".
She found the company had also associated with junket operators with links to criminal gangs. The company's governance structures was also warped by Packer's influence, she said, and this had led to conflicts of interest and lax regulations. But cancelling the licence or forcing a sale or break-up would have negative consequences for the tourism industry and Crown's "mum and dad" shareholders, lawyer Michael Borsky said.
The company has three casinos in Australia, but its Melbourne property brings in three quarters of its profit. Government-appointed lawyers at the Melbourne inquiry have argued Crown should be de-licenced for its failure to repair a culture that turned a blind eye to money laundering and organised crime, and for letting Packer act as a shadow-director.
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