Istanbul police detain 68 suspects in illegal betting laundering inquiry
Istanbul police detained 68 people in an investigation into alleged money laundering linked to illegal betting and gambling. Authorities said investigators traced more than TRY76.2bn across over 100,000 transactions and suspected that some funds were converted to USDT and moved to cryptocurrency wallets; the suspects remain under investigation.
The investigation puts alleged illegal betting proceeds and a large network of transactions under scrutiny by Turkish authorities.