According to the state-run Anadolu news agency, 163 people with ties to a slain Turkish Cypriot casino owner have been given detention warrants by Turkish authorities for allegedly participating in illicit gaming.
The warrants were issued for 163 people in 30 provinces as a result of an ongoing investigation in which police had issued custody warrants for 46 other suspects on October 20, in accordance with a statement posted by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
They had also frozen the bitcoin accounts of 229 other people and 11 businesses who were involved in transporting money earned through unlawful gambling to accounts held by a criminal group with a base in Ankara.
The warrants were issued for 163 people in 30 provinces as a result of an ongoing investigation in which police had issued custody warrants for 46 other suspects on October 20, in accordance with a statement posted by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
They had also frozen the bitcoin accounts of 229 other people and 11 businesses who were involved in transporting money earned through unlawful gambling to accounts held by a criminal group with a base in Ankara.