불법사행산업 근절을 위한 영국 사행행위규제위원회에 관한 연구- 조직 거버넌스 및 권한 중심으로 -

The research is geared toward improving the countermeasures employed by the Korean National Gambling Control Commission (KNGCC) in its fight against the illegal gambling industry in Korea. The KNGCC independently supervises and regulates the entire gambling industry in South Korea, placing a high priority on prevention policies. Nonetheless, the KNGCC does not currently have licensing and investigative powers, and only exercises limited regulatory powers. The KNGCC collects some intelligence in connection with illegal gambling and refers this intelligence to law enforcement agencies, such as the police and the prosecution service. However, it does not have strong partnership with those services, and even if it refers the intelligence, there is no institutional guarantee that they will launch an investigation. For this reason, it is argued that the KNGCC does not have enough power to effectively handle illegal gambling in Korea. 62) In contrast, the UK Gambling Commission is comprehensively afforded with licensing authorities, regulatory powers, and police powers, such as investigation, prosecution, and forfeiture powers for gambling business. In other words, all of the respective powers are integrated into the Gambling Commission in order to regulate and enforce the entire gambling industry in the UK, particularly in partnership with other relevant organizations. In this context, the research examines the organizational governance and enforcement powers of the UK Gambling Commission. Based on the lessons learnt from that examination, consequently the study attempts to suggest practical policy implications for the current KNGCC. Finally, it is argued that the KNGCC should have more integrated regulatory and enforcement powers with which, for instance, they can launch their own inspections, criminal investigations, and civil recovery process, especially to crack down on the illegal gambling industry in Korea.