Thousands arrested in global football gambling raids

[The Buzz]

More than 4,000 people were arrested worldwide and more than $13 million seized across Asia in operations targeting illegal gambling during the Euro 2016 football tournament, Interpol said on Monday.

The global police cooperation agency, which called the operation the "most significant in recent years", said more than 4,000 raids were carried out across China, France, Greece, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam during Operation SOGA VI (short for soccer gambling) on dens estimated to have handled $649 million worth of bets.

"The number of seizures is the highest and most significant amongst similar operations in recent years. The SOGA operations are important for tackling not just illegal gambling, but also the organised networks behind this and other types of crime," said Chief Superintendent Chan Lok-wing, Head of Hong Kong's Organised Crime and Triad Bureau.

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[KimKim]

Arrests were also held in Cambodia and Korea