{"id":5070,"date":"2023-10-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/america\/operation-casino-royale-in-memphis-1million-cash-sized\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T00:00:00","slug":"operation-casino-royale-in-memphis-1million-cash-sized","status":"publish","type":"america","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/america\/operation-casino-royale-in-memphis-1million-cash-sized\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Casino Royale in Memphis, 1Million cash sized."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Memphis police said they have seized more than $1,000,000 cash from nearly 270 gambling machines they said are now illegal.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">The Memphis Police Department (MPD) said that during Summer 2022, an MPD organized crime unit became aware of increased criminal activity around machines installed in corner stores and gas stations around Memphis.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/assets\/international\/operation-casino-royale-in-memphis-1million-cash-sized2.jpg\" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">According to MPD, these machines were found to be specifically placed in high-crime areas and this lead to more serious offenses being committed. Police said that in several incidents, citizens became victims of theft, robbery, and aggravated assault after using these gambling machines.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">MPD said they then met with the Shelby County District Attorney&#39;s Office regarding the machines. The machines were then deemed illegal per Tennessee State Statute.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">An operation that MPD calls &quot;Operation Casino Royale&quot; was launched in July 2022. This operation was put together by MPD to &quot;investigate, dismantle and disrupt the criminal organization surrounding illegal gambling and criminal acts of violence in the city of Memphis.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Memphis police said that 65 criminal investigations have been conducted since the operation began &mdash; with the arrest of two suspects. There have been 53 misdemeanor citations, 12 city ordinances and multiple suspects were arrested for outstanding warrants as well as felony firearm and narcotics possession, according to MPD.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;INVESTIGATION UPDATE&quot;<br \/>&quot;Operation Casino Royale&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0M2s9YpDqQ\">pic.twitter.com\/0M2s9YpDqQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Memphis Police Dept (@MEM_PoliceDept) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MEM_PoliceDept\/status\/1713939160736715225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An operation that MPD calls &#8220;Operation Casino Royale&#8221; was launched in July 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5071,"menu_order":287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2284],"class_list":["post-5070","america","type-america","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","tag-an-operation-that-mpd-calls-operation-casino-royale-was-launched-in-july-2022","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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