Police have arrested 130 members of a corporate criminal organization that set up offices in Southeast Asia and operated illegal gambling sites.
Among them, after chasing the general who was fleeing from the Philippines for over two years, he was recently arrested in cooperation with the local police.
The International Crime Investigation Division of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Drug Crime Investigation Unit announced today (24th) that they arrested 130 members of the gang who participated in the establishment and operation of the gambling site, and arrested 9 of them.
The arrested gang members set up offices and accommodations in Southeast Asia from July 2018 to December of the following year, relayed real-time gambling scenes in local hotel casinos, or wagered money on the win or loss of domestic and foreign sports events. It attracted 1.3 trillion won.
The police obtained intelligence in September 2019 and conducted an intensive investigation, and identified 150 members of the organization who systematically divided their roles into directors, team leaders, and team members.
Then, from April last year to October this year, 129 members of the gang who entered Korea were arrested, and after tracing the leader's whereabouts, they were arrested in the Philippines last September in cooperation with the local police.
The captured general is expected to be repatriated to Korea soon.
The police have also taken interpol red wanted action for the remaining 20 members of the gang who are fleeing overseas and are still pursuing them.
The police identified about 800 million won of the criminal proceeds they earned from operating the site and confiscated and preserved them before indictment, and the rest of the proceeds are also being tracked.