Tunisia.. Dismantling an electronic gambling and money laundering network and arresting one of those involved

TunisiaThe Tunisian security services succeeded in dismantling a network suspected of being involved in managing electronic gambling and money laundering activities, following a security operation led by the Judicial Police Squad in the Amran region, which ended with the arrest of one of the main elements and the seizure of funds and digital equipment believed to have been used to conduct illegal activity.

According to official data, the operation came after a series of research and investigations that monitored the movements of a group of people suspected of supervising an unlicensed electronic platform to receive financial bets and transfer them through parallel paths outside the approved banking system.

After obtaining permission from the Public Prosecution and coordinating with the competent judicial authorities, the security units carried out a raid on the headquarters that the network was using. The operation resulted in the arrest of a suspect and the seizure of a sum of money in local currency that was likely the proceeds of electronic gambling activity.

The inspection process also enabled the seizure of a laptop computer containing encrypted digital programs and systems, along with electronic accounts suspected of being used to conduct betting and money transfer operations, as well as smartphones that contained correspondence and applications believed to have been used to communicate with bettors and organize financial transactions.

The Public Prosecution authorized the detention of the detainee and opened a judicial investigation into suspicions related to running a space for sports betting without a license and money laundering, while continuing research to track down the remaining suspects who are still on the run, and uncover all possible extensions of this network.

Source:“My press