Vietnam police bust US$133 million World Cup betting rings
- HANOI, Vietnam: Vietnamese police said Tuesday (Jul 7) they had arrested 85 people linked to two "exceptionally large-scale" betting rings worth a combined US$133 million, as the government cracks down on illegal gambling during the World Cup.
- Online gambling is banned in the communist country, but lucrative illegal operations abound prompting periodic clampdowns especially during international sporting events.
- The raids in late June targeted two rings with an "exceptionally large scale of operation" and a "high level of hierarchy and tight control", police in Ho Chi Minh City said in a statemen
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- HANOI, Vietnam: Vietnamese police said Tuesday (Jul 7) they had arrested 85 people linked to two "exceptionally large-scale" betting rings worth a combined US$133 million, as the government cracks down on illegal gambling during the World Cup.
- Online gambling is banned in the communist country, but lucrative illegal operations abound prompting periodic clampdowns especially during international sporting events.
- The raids in late June targeted two rings with an "exceptionally large scale of operation" and a "high level of hierarchy and tight control", police in Ho Chi Minh City said in a statemen
Sources: CNA