According to the Turkish media Habertürk News Channel, Turkey, which is cracking down on insiders participating in football betting, will continue to exert its efforts.
Turkish Football Association Chairman Ibrahim Haji Osmanoglu announced at a press conference yesterday that the list of referees involved in illegal betting has been verified. As the betting scandal continues to unfold, the scope of the investigation has expanded from referees to clubs and players. The latest disclosure shows that a comprehensive review of 3,700 player accounts will be carried out in the future.
Haji Osmanoglu made it clear that the Turkish Football Association has begun a thorough investigation into the football betting scandal... The data he released showed that 371 of the 571 referees in the professional league have betting accounts, and 152 of them have active betting activities.
The Turkish football betting scandal continues to escalate. According to the Habertürk news station, a preliminary investigation has identified 3,700 players, and there are strong indications that the number of people involved may increase further.
The task force not only retrieves domestic gaming platform data, but also requests user information from international gaming operators. Cross-border gaming data will also be included in the investigation. The Financial Crime Commission report, communications surveillance records and electronic traces are currently being analyzed piece by piece. According to people familiar with the matter, the case file contains many secret witnesses, and some of the people involved have shown a willingness to turn into tainted witnesses, and some people have already shown a tendency to take the initiative to confess.
The investigation scope of this case not only covers direct gambling participants, but also extends to all indirect related parties. The investigation standards go beyond direct betting behavior: for example, although a referee does not place direct bets, but his close contacts profit from betting, this behavior also constitutes suspicion. Therefore, this case is most likely to be classified as organized crime.
The asset status of referees and football professionals has been included in the review scope. If the legal property declarer and his family members experience unexplained increases in assets, they will be directly listed as suspect clues. The authorities have launched a comprehensive asset review, especially focusing on the flow of funds among family members, which has become the current core investigation direction.
It is expected that the Turkish Football Association will transfer the administrative investigation evidence to the prosecutor's office. As new clues continue to emerge, summons proceedings and arrests may be initiated in the near future.
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