Hong Kong police said they dismantled an alleged gambling and money-laundering network linked to the Sun Yee On triad and arrested 15 people after a yearlong investigation. Police said the operation involved HK$1.1 billion; five suspects had been charged and were due to appear at Kowloon City Court on Monday.
The arrests and charges signal enforcement against alleged illegal gambling and related money laundering in Hong Kong.
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Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) said it arrested 12 people in raids across Bangkok, Samut Prakan and Tak over an alleged online gambling and money-laundering network. Police said the targeted platform recorded about THB1 billion ($29.9 million) in monthly turnover over the previous three months; 15 people had arrest warrants, with three still at large.
Visakhapatnam cyber police dismantled an alleged inter-state illegal online betting network operating across India, reportedly arresting its suspected leader in Kolkata in April 2026. Police said the network processed about 4 billion rupees over six months and used 224 bank accounts held by nominees.
Thai police arrested a 32-year-old man in Pattaya over alleged links to an online gambling network associated with Shwe Kokko in Myanmar. Police alleged that he facilitated gambling at 239 casinos and served about 330,000 Chinese gamblers; authorities said he was being processed for deportation to China. Separately, Thailand’s Anti-Money Laundering Office reported freezing 34 assets worth about THB8.269bn in a case involving fraud, drug trafficking and human trafficking.
Brazil’s Federal District Civil Police launched Operation Azzardo on 5 November to investigate an alleged illegal betting and money-laundering scheme involving about R$1bn. Authorities are seeking to block accounts and financial assets linked to 64 individuals and 120 companies, up to a combined R$3.483bn. A sector lawyer said data funded by the regulated market helped inform the operation and argued that ending regulated betting could make enforcement harder.
The Federal District Civil Police (PCDF) launched Operation Azzardo on Thursday against a scheme that moved about R$1bn through illegal betting. The investigation points to Pix transfers from bettors to front companies for digital games.
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.