KUALA LUMPUR: Police stopped an online gambling call centre after raiding an office on Jalan Tun Razak. City Police Chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa reported that a team from Wangsa Maju and Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigation Department’s Anti-Vice, Secret Societies and Gambling (D7) Unit carried out the operation at 11.30 am today. Operation and Arrests […]

Norway’s state-owned gambling operator, Norsk Tipping, is under scrutiny again for allegedly enabling minors to participate in gambling activities. The Norwegian Lottery Authority (Lotteritilsynet) has launched an official investigation following reports that individuals below the age of 18 years might have transferred significant funds to the operator’s platform. The inquiry was triggered by a tip […]

During the illegal betting investigation by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, officials issued detention orders for 13 suspects, including Ahmed Faruk Karslı, who owns Papara. The operation began at 05:00 in the morning; eight companies, one yacht, five boats, three safes, seventy-four vehicles, and eight properties linked to suspects were taken by authorities. TMSF […]

A South Korean man in his fifties, who stood at the top of a criminal network, got charged after leading operations to create and sell illegal gambling sites. Investigators said North Korean hackers from the Munitions Industry Department’s 313 Bureau helped him, and these hackers worked inside China. Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office indicted this […]

A network of criminals has created a hidden gambling operation worth millions of euros, including illegal lotto and sports bets, while the authorities, even the police, do nothing to stop them. The Shift discovered that the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) began an investigation in 2020, just after Melvin Theuma, the link in Daphne Caruana […]

eFishery, one of Asia’s most promising agritech startups, has become a cautionary tale of ambition turned deception. The Indonesian startup, founded by Gibran Huzaifah, began with a noble mission, revolutionizing aquaculture through automated fish feeders. The company grew from humble beginnings to a $1.4 billion valuation, attracting heavyweight investors such as SoftBank, Temasek, and Sequoia […]

House Oversight Chairman James Comer from Kentucky and Senator Joni Ernst from Iowa are calling for an investigation into federal charge card use at the Department of Defense. They found thousands of charges on DOD-issued cards at places such as casinos, bars, and nightclubs, made with taxpayer money. The two lawmakers sent a letter to […]

Attorneys from Loevy + Loevy, a civil rights law firm in Chicago, filed a class-action lawsuit for five Pennsylvania plaintiffs against DraftKings. The suit, entered in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, accuses DraftKings’ online sportsbook of deceiving users and leading them to bet and lose significant money, violating both state […]

Illegal gambling increases the shadow economy, money laundering, human trafficking, drug dealing, and arms trading, said Deputy Minister of Interior Filip Popov at a roundtable talk. Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Zafirov led the meeting, where people from the Ministry of Interior, the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GDBOP), the National Revenue Agency (NRA), sociologists, […]

Flutter Entertainment has completed its acquisition of a 56% stake in NSX Group, the Brazilian operator behind Betnacional. This deal is worth around $350 million in cash, representing a move into one of Latin America’s most promising markets. Furthermore, it aligns with Flutter’s strategy of securing leadership in attractive international markets. With over 200 million […]