More than 100 arrested and HK$580 million in betting records seized in month-long Hong Kong police crackdown during Euro 2016
Total of 134 locations raided and HK$3 million in cash recovered in series of anti-bookmaking operations between June and July
Police seized more than HK$580 million in betting records and arrested more than 100 people as they cracked down on illegal bookmakers citywide during the month-long Euro 2016 tournament.
Officers also recovered more than HK$3 million in cash in a series of anti-illegal-bookmaking operations codenamed “Crowbeak” and “Windshield” between June and July during the UEFA European Championship, held every four years.
A total of 134 locations were raided, leading to the arrest of 73 men and 30 women, aged 16 to 66, a spokesman said, as police rounded up the operations targeting illegal betting activities during the tournament that kicked off on June 10 and ended on July 10.
The offences involved were engaging in bookmaking, betting with a bookmaker and dealing with proceeds known or believed to represent proceeds of an indictable offence.
The confiscated betting records worth HK$586 million, as well as HK$3 million cash and 57 sets of computers, made this the highest seizure among similar operations in recent years.
