{"id":19536,"date":"2021-06-28T14:14:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=19536"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:09:33","slug":"south-korea-17-arrested-in-raids-on-illegal-gambling-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/south-korea-17-arrested-in-raids-on-illegal-gambling-site","title":{"rendered":"South Korea: 17 arrested in raids on illegal gambling site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police in South Korea have arrested 17 people in two raids targeting illegal sports gambling sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea.-<strong>\u00a0Police have arrested 17 people <\/strong>in raids targeting suspected illegal gambling sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police seized cash and took posession of three apartments and two detached houses that were bought using illegally gained funds. Offers are still looking for one person who is believed to have fled the country and is currently on Interpol&#8217;s most-wanted list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is accused of <strong>operatng an illegal sports gambling site\u00a0<\/strong>in South Korea from March 2016, with operations worth around KRW900bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also helped establish another illegal gambling site in June 2018 worth KRW100bn and has around 1,800 members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to officers,\u00a0<strong>those arrested were violating the National Sports Promotion Act<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In February,\u00a0<strong>three Korean men<\/strong>\u00a0were arrested at a building in Bangkok, Thailand, after a tip-off that the site was being used to\u00a0<strong>operate an<\/strong>\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-cracks-down-on-illegal-gambling-dens\">illegal online gambling site.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three suspects were initially charged with\u00a0<strong>working without documentation<\/strong>, but police were investigating whether they were involved with other illegal activities including\u00a0<strong>money laundering.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in South Korea have arrested 17 people in two raids targeting illegal sports gambling sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"South Korean authorities have arrested 17 individuals in raids targeting illegal sports gambling operations, seizing significant assets and identifying a fugitive on Interpol's most-wanted list. These operations, valued at over KRW1 trillion, highlight ongoing regulatory enforcement against unlicensed gaming activities and potential money laundering. A related arrest in Thailand underscores the cross-border nature of such illicit enterprises.","focusai_entities":"Interpol","focusai_location":"South Korea, Thailand, Bangkok","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Market Integrity Impact","query":"What is the projected impact of these enforcement actions on the GGR of licensed operators in South Korea, and how might the reduction of black-market activity influence future regulatory frameworks or market expansion strategies?"},{"label":"AML & Cross-Jurisdictional Risk","query":"Considering the multi-jurisdictional arrests and money laundering investigations, what specific vulnerabilities in current AML governance frameworks are being exposed, and what enhanced due diligence measures are anticipated for regional financial institutions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[23911,23908],"class_list":["post-19536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-gaming-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19536"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19559,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19536\/revisions\/19559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}