More: Artist Hal Marcus, author Luke Lowenfield's '¡Muchas Gracias Maria!' celebrates El Paso The art collection in Sunset Parlor is diverse. Marcus credits Reyesbilt LP with helping fulfill his dream for the venue, praising the company's craftsmen and builders.Īnd visitors who enjoy the experience will be able to take some of it home with them since the art in the venue will be for sale, Marcus said. He added a floor, living and guest quarters, a second-floor balcony overlooking a first-floor performance space, added masterful touches that include a spiral staircase and a railing made of brass musical instruments, to create a building that is a work of art in itself. Marcus took a run-down, empty home and transformed it into a masterpiece in one of the city’s most historic neighborhoods. Sunset Parlor is a breathtaking culmination of art, design, construction and craftsmanship. ![]() is across the road from the Hal Marcus Gallery at 1308 N. Visitors also can tour Marcus’ gallery, art studio, his intricately decorated patio behind his home and his biggest creation, Sunset Parlor, the city’s newest event venue. Marcus will describe his work housed in buildings along the route. To combat the trend, the agency suggested the implementation of several measures to increase transparency of JTOs.ĪUSTRAC stressed that casinos need to conduct greater due diligence on JTOs that they engage with, including an application process and identity verification procedures.El Pasoans can discover art while on a streetcar ride Saturday with renowned Borderland artist Hal Marcus as their guide. Nearly half of those reports were suspected cases of money laundering, according to AUSTRAC. The report said that more than 1,000 junket programs exist in Australia and 61 percent of Australian casinos work with JTOs to bring in guests, while suspicious matter reports submitted to AUSTRAC, catalogued questionable transactions by junket tour operators valued at more than US$274 million. The agency added that a key vulnerability is the “lack of transparency and level of anonymity created by the pooling of all players’ funds and transactions under the name of the JTO, and that the financial arrangements between the JTO and junket players are not disclosed to the casino.” For one, the funds tour guests use at casinos are often held and managed by the JTO, so that guests may focus on their gambling. ![]() ![]() “At a sector level, the junket model has a number of money laundering vulnerabilities,” AUSTRAC explained. ![]() In return for bringing clients to the casinos, the junket tour operators (JTOs) receive commission based on the guests’ gambling activities, read the report. (Photo: AUSTRAC, License)Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) stressed that “some junkets have been infiltrated by criminals including Asian crime group members and transnational money laundering operations.” The infiltration is something AUSTRAC thinks is encouraged by the inherent vulnerability of the Junket business model.Ī junket tour is a kind of package trip where guests are taken by the tour operators to a variety of curated entertainment houses, which almost always include casinos. Nearly half of the reports catalogued by AUSTRAC were suspected cases of money laundering. Australian government agency that tracks criminal abuse of the financial system has found the country’s package tour industry a high risk sector for money laundering, financing of terorrism and organized crime, the agency’s latest report revealed.
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