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Thu, 07/05/2012 - 05:48
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Police nab 100 Euro 2012 bookies with bets worth US$16 million
KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 (Bernama) -- Spain was not the only winner at the Euro
2012 which ended last Sunday.
In a two-month nationwide operation dubbed 'Ops Soga', police detained
100 football bookies and seized bets estimated at RM49.9 million (about US$15.8
million) in a blitz that began on May 1 and ended last Monday.
Federal CID director Mohd Bakri Zinin said the suspects comprised 83 men and 17
women aged between 20 to 65 and included two Singaporeans and two
Indonesians.
Several items including computers, mobile phones, bookie papers, calculators
and RM78,160 in cash were also seized in the raid.
"Our success was due to the cooperation and exchange of information with
our counterparts from China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam,"
Mohd Bakri told a press conference on Wednesdsay.
"All countries involved will send reports to the International Federation of
Association Football (FIFA) in Bangkok, Thailand. The Malaysian authorities have
also cooperated with other enforcement agencies and the Football Association of
Malaysia other than FIFA."
Mohd Bakri said the police were successful in 61 out of a total of 148
raids nationwide.
"Johor recorded the highest number of arrests and bets amounting to RM14.1
million (US$4.5 million). We have launched investigations under the Anti-Money
Laundering Act 2001 and identified the syndicates linked to the bookies," he
added.
-- BERNAMA