Two ringleaders of overseas gambling sites arrested in the UAE and repatriated to South Korea
Repatriation of the ringleader of an illegal gambling site in the UAE, a result of international cooperation in transnational crime investigations Tracking youth recruitment and money laundering involving trillions of won, with a high possibility of further arrests
The government arrested two principal suspects accused of operating largescale illegal gambling websites overseas in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and repatriated them to Korea on the 4th.
The government explained that this repatriation was the result of coordination among the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the National Intelligence Service, the prosecution, the police, the Korea Customs Service, the National Tax Service, and the Financial Services Commission, led by the Task Force on Transnational Crime Special Response.
According to the government, one suspect is accused of operating gambling websites worth trillions of won based in Southeast Asia, as well as laundering criminal proceeds, evading taxes, and offenses related to drugs and prostitution. The other suspect is accused of using Korean teenagers in illegal gambling operations, and the authorities plan to continue investigating accomplices and tracking similar organizations.