Chinese police dismantle alleged World Cup gambling network generating 2bn yuan

South Korea's Chungnam Provincial Police Agency said on 19 October that it had apprehended 77 people, 21 of them detained, over an alleged illegal online gambling network running 188 casino websites. Police allege the network handled 23 trillion won ($17.2bn) in wagers between March 2023 and July 2026, with two main supply groups generating about 150 billion won ($112m) in proceeds. Investigators examined 795 financial accounts in an operation spanning South Korea, Vietnam and Cambodia.

South Korean police have taken 77 suspects into custody in connection with an online gambling operation that allegedly ran 188 casino sites, the Chungnam Provincial Police Agency said on 19 October. The agency reported that 21 of those taken into custody were held in detention. According to the agency, no previous illegal gambling probe in the country had reached the scale of this one.