Gangster-Backed Gambling Ring Bets Hundreds of Millions in City 'Adosaki'... Busan Police Send Boss A to Prosecution Without Detention

Illegal gambling dens are operating in the city center. [Image source=Busan Police Agency]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Trainee Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] A 50-year-old gang leader, Mr. A (male), who led so-called Adosaki gambling with stakes worth hundreds of millions of won at offices in Busan and Chungnam, was arrested and sent to prosecution without detention.

On the 28th, the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency announced that they had arrested gang leader Mr. A and four operators who habitually recruited dozens of men and women late at night to conduct Adosaki gambling, and handed them over to the prosecution.

According to the police, Mr. A used his position as a gang leader to recruit operators, rented empty offices and warehouses to open gambling sites. The scale of the gambling stakes amounted to several hundred million won, and Mr. A took a 2% commission on each game.

The five suspects consisted of warehouse manager Mr. A, a money handler, dealers, stake organizers, and lookouts, including two men and three women, and conducted gambling for six months from December 2020 to May 2021.

The police received intelligence that the gang leader was operating a gambling site disguised as a company office and infiltrated the site as undercover customers.

The police collected evidence on site through undercover infiltration and raided the suspects, sending them to prosecution without detention on charges of ‘opening a gambling place, etc.’ under Article 247 of the Criminal Act.

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