Illegal betting operation in 17 provinces based in Izmir: 25 suspects were detained

According to the statement made by the Izmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the teams of the Izmir Provincial Gendarmerie Command's Anti-Cyber ​​Crimes Branch Directorate carried out a study to decipher illegal betting activities related to the crimes of "establishing and becoming a member of an organization for the purpose of committing a crime" and "opposition to Law No. 7258".

In this context, money inflows and outflows of 6 billion 180 million liras were detected in 280 thousand separate transactions in the accounts of 51 suspects and 1 company examined by the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK).

It was determined that the suspects made illegal bets within an organized structure, provided a place and opportunity for betting, mediated the transfer of money obtained from illegal betting activities, and created a hierarchical structure within the criminal organization.

25 suspects were detained in the simultaneous operation carried out in Istanbul, Adana, Bursa, Tekirdağ, Mersin, Ağrı, Ankara, Aydın, Bartın, Isparta, Diyarbakır, Kahramanmaraş, Kırıkkale, Kocaeli, Muğla and Gaziantep, based in Izmir.

Efforts to capture other suspects continue.

During the searches made at the addresses belonging to the suspects, 8 mobile phones, 8 SIM cards, 8 USB memory sticks and hard disks were seized.