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Police continue crackdown on illegal Euro Cup gambling

The Royal Thai Police are continuing their crackdown on both online and on-site gambling during the Euro Cup, with more than 2600 arrests made since the start of the tournament. Pol Lt Gen Akkaradej Phimonsri, assistant national police chief, said on Saturday that the Centre for the Prevention and Suppression of Illegal Euro 2024 Football Betting,…

Incidents ・ 29 June 2024

South China Morning Post

57 people arrested in Hong Kong over illegal gambling rings that raked in HK$460 million

have arrested almost 60 people in a crackdown on overseas gambling websites that have raked in HK$460 million (US$58.9 million) in illegal bets on football matches, horse racing and card games since the start of the year. The force said on Monday that the 57 people - 49 men and eight women - had been detained as part of an operation code-named…

Incidents ・ 17 June 2024

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Thailand police chief, deputy suspended over online gambling accusations

Thailand's national police chief and one of his deputies were temporarily suspended under the order of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Wednesday, as accusations that the deputy was involved in an illegal online gambling ring sparked concerns about a possible power struggle in the police department. Torsak Sukvimol, who was appointed to the top…

Incidents ・ 20 March 2024

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Police Bust Online Gambling Ring Responsible for Cyanide Serial Killer

BANGKOK - Police on Friday said they arrested 14 people suspected of running an online gambling network which might have been responsible for the cyanide serial killer. The arrests were made after police concluded the investigation into the "Am Cyanide" case, a woman accused of murdering at least 14 people by lacing cyanide into their food, and…

Incidents ・ 22 July 2023

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Cops bust THB3bil online gambling network as Thais bet ‘billions’ on World Cup

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Cybercrime police have made five arrests and seized cash, vehicles and assets worth over 1 billion baht in raids at 13 locations to bust a gambling network operating www.scg9.club. The website had about 3 billion baht in circulation, swelled by bets on the World Cup in Qatar, police said. Gambling is illegal…

Incidents ・ 15 December 2022

Khmer Times

Police raid over 10,000 gambling dens nationwide

The past month has seen police crackdown on more than 10000 illegal gambling sites and arrests of over 200 people who were sent to the court, the National Police confirmed. Speaking at a press conference on "The achievements of the Ministry of Interior over the past five years" on Thursday, National Police spokesman Lieutenant General Chhay Kim…

Incidents ・ 16 October 2022

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Cambodia to crack down on casinos, illegal gambling as more human trafficking, kidnapping cases emerge

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has promised to remove any officials who fail to act after ordering a strict crackdown on all forms of illegal gambling over the weekend. The order, delivered on Saturday, comes amid a dramatic rise in reported cases of human trafficking and kidnappings linked to the rampant casino industry in the Southeast Asian…

Law ・ 19 September 2022

Bangkok Post

Online gambling ring busted in Nakhon Sawan

NAKHON SAWAN: Five men have been arrested in Nakhon Sawan on charges of operating a website for a major online gambling network that had more than one billion baht in circulation, police said on Saturday. Officers from the Police Cyber Taskforce (PCT) and local police raided the two-storey house in tambon Wat Sai in Muang district on Saturday…

Incidents ・ 22 January 2022

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Thai police bust call center gang running online gambling sites

Members of a call center gang run by Chinese nationals have been arrested at a condominium in Bangkok's Sukhumvit area, with the police discovering that the culprits were also operating online gambling websites that were seeing a combined circulation of about 100 million baht per month. 10 suspects were arrested at a condominium in the Sukhumvit 39…

Gambling Sites ・ 22 January 2022

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Police Seize Around $15m in Thailand Gambling Den Raid

Police in the Thailand city of Pattaya (pictured above) have arrested 42 and seized assets of around $15m after a raid on an illegal gambling den in a four-star hotel room. [Image: Shutterstock.com] Police in Thailand have seized tables, card sets, and gambling chips worth around ฿500m (US$15m) and arrested 42 people after a raid on a hotel room in…

Incidents ・ 29 December 2021

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Thailand: Police Arrests Gamblers, Takes Down Illegal Online Gambling Operation

More than 20 people were arrested and nearly $3 million in assets were seized in two police operations in Thailand earlier this week. The first operation took place in a townhouse located in Hat Yai district on Monday. A day later, on Tuesday, a second police raid in four lower northeastern provinces took place. Police raided a house in Hat Yai…

Law ・ 22 December 2021

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Southern California Busts Criminal Gang Involved in Illegal Gambling

Reports about illegal gambling continue to abound across the United States. The people arrested in such operations often exceed the imagination in terms of the businesses they have been operating and the severity with which they have treated others. Now, Southern California has a response for one such organization. A raid by police authorities in…

Law ・ 10 December 2021

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5 arrested for running online gambling site

Police arrested five men for operating online gambling in a raid on a condominium in Bangkok's Bang Khen district on Saturday evening, police said. Pol Lt Col Chaikrit Pho-a, deputy commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau's Patrol and Special Operation Division, said the raid followed reports that a website for online gambling was being…

Gambling Sites ・ 05 December 2021

Bangkok Post

5 arrested operating online gambling

Police arrested five men for operating online gambling in a raid on a condominium in Bang Khen district early on Saturday night, police said. Pol Lt Col Chaikrit Pho-a, deputy commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau's Patrol and Special Operation Division, said the raid followed reports that a website for online gambling had been operated from…

Incidents ・ 05 December 2021

Khmer Times

Thais freed from on-line gambling ring in Cambodia return home

More than 100 Thais who were rescued from a Chinese online gambling ring in Cambodia returned home on Wednesday, according to police officers who said this was at least the fourth repatriation since late October of workers who were lured by promises of earning good money. Officials from Thailand and Cambodia cooperated in Tuesday's crackdown of the…

Covid ・ 25 November 2021

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Cambodian-Chinese Operation Ends with Gambling and Crypto Busts

Chinese authorities continue to work with their overseas counterpart in a bid to clamp down on illegal casinos that target nationals. A police raid in Cambodia's capital last week ended up with a brief shootout and 200 people apprehended. Illegal activities, including gambling, continue to thrive around Cambodia as Chinese and Cambodian law…

Crypto ・ 22 September 2021

Borneo Post Online

Ops Dadu nets five in Padawan for illegal online gambling, lottery

KUCHING (July 26): Police arrested five individuals, three of whom were women, in connection with selling illegal online gambling top-ups and illegal lottery tickets during three raids under Ops Dadu on Sunday. Padawan police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the first raid by the Padawan District police headquarters (IPD) Criminal Investigation…

Lottery ・ 26 July 2021

Gambling Insider

18 arrested in newest raid on illegal gambling operators in Thailand

Police in Thailand have raided two residential houses used for online gambling and arrested 18 people involved in the illegal activity. The services that were being offered include online gambling sites and betting on football matches. Under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, police seized 16 computers, eight luxury cars and THB11m ($337000) in cash…

Law ・ 14 July 2021

Chiangrai Times

Thailand's Cyber Police Take Down Online Gambling Syndicate

Thailand's Cyber Police have arrested 18 people in a raided two houses being used as bases for an online gambling syndicate in Pathum Thani on Monday morning. A Cyber police spokesperson said investigators had learned that two houses were being used by a gambling syndicate operating a network offering online gambling sites and betting on football…

Incidents ・ 13 July 2021

Gambling Insider

Cambodian police raid seven illegal gambling operations

Cambodian authorities have shut down seven illegal online gambling operations in Phnom Penh. The crackdown didn't result in any arrests, however; instead the operators of the illegal sites were simply issued a warning. The gambling operation used houses to set up establishments where players can top up their accounts and gamble behind closed…

Law ・ 05 July 2021

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Over a Hundred Illegal Slot Machines Seized from Pattaya Warehouse

Based on a tip off on the Chonburi Province's "Report Illegal Gambling" Official Line Channel, 161 slot machines have been seized that were hidden in a warehouse near Pattaya, Thailand. Located close to schools and local communities, 101 slot machines were found in a single room on the commercial premises, and 60 more were found in another. The…

Incidents ・ 22 January 2021

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As Virus Spreads, Top Thai Minister Denies Gambling Link

On January 4, Thailand recorded 745 new COVID-19 cases - the largest daily increase since the first known infection was registered in the country on January 8, 2020. World health officials earlier touted Thailand as a COVID-19 success story, after the country went 100 days without reporting a single new case. World Health Organization…

Covid ・ 19 January 2021

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11 arrested in KL for involvement in Macau Scam and online gambling syndicate

The police have busted a Macau Scam and online gambling syndicate that has been operating in Kuala Lumpur. The Malay Mail reported that police have arrested 11 individuals, including four Chinese nationals, during the three raids that were conducted around the capital city. Dang Wangi District Police chief ACP Mohamad Zainal Abdullah said the first…

Incidents ・ 19 January 2021

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Police bust online gambling app syndicate posing as I.T company

SUBANG JAYA: Police detained 84 individuals, including a Thai national, on suspicion of developing online gambling apps for foreign markets, during a raid at a shopping centre here on Monday (March 18). Selangor police chief, Datuk Hussein Omar Khan (pix), stated that 94 laptops, 105 mobile phones, six luxury vehicles, and RM15849 in cash were also…

Incidents ・ 21 March 2024

Bangkok Post

Two sisters held in bust of B700m gambling site

Police also charge two firms with sending millions of online messages promoting betting Two sisters in Lampang face charges of running a gambling website that had about 700 million baht in circulation, police say. The women were arrested along with four staff members in raids on three houses in the northern province on Thursday. Two companies in…

Incidents ・ 25 April 2024