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What are the Charges?

Between the arrests in Malaysia, Turkey, and the United States, the online casino gambling industry is a pretty precarious industry for travelers. The two latest arrests outside of the U.S. (which is on a very apparent witch-hunt for individuals involved in the pre-UIGEA internet gambling industry) involve individuals arrested in Malaysia and Turkey for their association and employment at internet gambling companies. Both Malaysia and Turkey have legislation and regulations in place to prevent foreign online casinos from accessing citizens and from processing gambling transactions through the country. Nearly twenty internet gambling industry employees are facing arrest for employment with two different online gambling companies, Sportingbet and Victor Chandler.

The real kicker in both of these cases is that the arrested employees have been held on unknown charges. Just days ago the 15 arrested Victor Chandler employees were arrested on bail, but the two Sportingbet employees in Turkey still have no bail and no specific information on the government’s charges. General information from the Turkish authorities indicate that Sportingbet has illegally offered online casino gambling services in to Turkish gamblers, and that the employee arrests are related to those allegations. But the couple have been held now for several weeks without bail and without specific information on their crime.

Both of the involved online casinos have quickly responded to the situation – Victor Chandler has sent a company representative to Malaysia to assist the 15 employees, while Sportingbet announced that a Turkish law firm is investigating the situation and will actively work to uncover what charges the two company employees are facing.