05.06.2026 12:10
The Ministry of Interior announced that an operation was carried out in 15 provinces centered in Mardin against illegal betting and forming a criminal organization, and 15 of the 32 suspects, in whose accounts a money movement of 3 billion TL was detected, were arrested.
Ministry of Interior: 32 suspects, whose accounts were found to have a money flow of 3 billion TL, were caught in operations carried out by our gendarmerie in 15 provinces centered in Mardin for the crimes of 'Illegal Betting and Establishing an Organization to Commit Crimes.'
JUDICIAL CONTROL MEASURES APPLIED FOR 7 INDIVIDUALS
Of the suspects; 15 were arrested. Judicial control measures were applied to 7. Procedures for the others are ongoing. According to the statement made on the ministry's social media account; operations were organized in 15 provinces centered in Mardin for the crimes of 'Illegal betting' and 'Establishing an organization to commit crimes' under the coordination of the Gendarmerie General Command Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Department, Cyber Crime Department, Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), and Nusaybin Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. In the operations, 32 suspects were caught, whose accounts were found to have a money flow of 3 billion TL. Of the suspects, 15 were arrested. Judicial control measures were applied to 7. Procedures for the others are ongoing. It was determined that the suspects operated illegal betting on websites and mediated the transfer of income obtained from this crime. The statement said, 'We continue our fight against criminal networks that gain unfair profits through illegal betting and defraud our citizens with determination.'