Macau’s Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak released the latest crime statistics for the region. Police reported investigating 3,588 crimes in the first quarter of 2015, a rise of 2.4% over the same period in 2014.

The number of casino crimes ballooned 22.45% to 310 cases investigated by the enclave’s police force. These are crimes connected to Macau’s casinos such as loan sharking and illegal detention.

Wong Sio Chak said that despite double digit growth, the growth rate is down from the boom years of 2012 and 2013 but the 310 casino related crimes in the first quarter have them on pace for 1240 crimes, up significantly compared to the 667 investigated in 2012.

Illegal detentions have almost doubled in Q1 2015; rising from 34 to 67, while loan, sharking is up 25.9%. A casino industry source told the South China Morning Post that the rise is due to “criminal enterprises” looking to make up for losses due to the corruption crackdown, which has resulted in a crash in the lucrative VIP Junkets market.