Illegal Betting Operation Launched as Major Derby Kicks Off
Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Turkish authorities launched an illegal-betting operation as the Fenerbahçe-Beşiktaş derby began.
- They seized 1,200 IBAN accounts allegedly used to facilitate money transfers, blocked access to 98,000 websites and opened investigations into 1,048 people.
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an operation against illegal betting as the Fenerbahçe-Beşiktaş derby got under way.
The operation targeted betting activity that had intensified before the match. Authorities seized 1,200 IBAN accounts accused of facilitating the flow of money, blocked access to 98,000 websites and opened investigations into 1,048 people.
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Originally published by Hürriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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