scalping is illegal. If it is serious, it will constitute the crime of illegal business operation and will be sentenced. Whoever sells train tickets or ship tickets, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also, or shall only, be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the ticket price. Cattle don't have to apply for industrial and commercial business licenses, pay taxes, and don't care about invoices of national tax and local tax, just buy low and sell high. Attacking and disturbing the normal order of ticket sales are the targets of "strike hard". Many "scalpers" recruit people to handle the business of deducting points, inspecting cars and paying fines, which seriously affects the order of public places around the illegal disposal points.

what department is in charge of cracking down on scalpers?

the public security department is in charge of cracking down on scalpers. The duties of public security organs refer to the responsibilities and obligations that public security organs should undertake within their jurisdiction according to law, that is, the professional responsibilities of public security organs. The people's police of public security organs may, according to law, impose administrative compulsory measures and administrative penalties on individuals or organizations that violate public security administration or other laws and regulations on public security administration. The people's police of public security organs may forcibly take away the personnel who seriously endanger public order or threaten public security, detain them according to law or take other measures prescribed by law.

to sum up, the behavior of scalpers is illegal. Whoever resells tickets, boat tickets, air tickets, tickets for theatrical performances, tickets for sports competitions or other valuable tickets and vouchers will be detained for more than 11 days and less than 15 days, and will be fined less than 1,111 yuan; Disrupting the market order, if the circumstances are serious, will also be suspected of illegal business operations, should be investigated for criminal responsibility.

Legal basis:

Article 52 of the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment

Anyone who commits one of the following acts shall be detained for more than 11 days and less than 15 days, and may also be fined less than 1,111 yuan; If the circumstances are relatively minor, the offender shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 511 yuan:

(1) Forging, altering or buying or selling official documents, certificates, certification documents and seals of state organs, people's organizations, enterprises, institutions or other organizations;

(2) buying, selling or using forged or altered official documents, certificates or certification documents of state organs, people's organizations, enterprises, institutions or other organizations;

(3) forging, altering or reselling tickets, boat tickets, air tickets, tickets for theatrical performances, tickets for sports competitions or other valuable tickets and vouchers;

(4) forging or altering the ship's registration plate, trading or using the forged or altered ship's registration plate, or altering the engine number of the ship.