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Jiande police arrest eight over World Cup betting network in China

Enforcement & compliance

Police in Jiande, China, said they arrested eight suspects on 24 June and dismantled a cross-border gambling website network targeting football fans. Officers seized about $148,000 in customer deposits, while three alleged organisers remain in pretrial custody and the case is ongoing. Police in Jiangyou also arrested four people over a similar site, and said they seized more than 300,000 yuan ($44,000).

The arrests and seizures show enforcement action against illegal online sports betting networks operating in China.

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South Korea police arrest 77 over $17.2bn illegal gambling network

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.

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