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Sun, March 26, 2023 | 06:23
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Police declare war on gambling sites
경찰, 불법 도박사이트 '조폭'처럼 처벌한다
Posted : 2015-10-30 17:28
Updated : 2015-10-30 20:14
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By Chung Hyun-chae

Police said Friday that they will strengthen their crackdown on illegal gambling websites and site operators.

Given that gangs are involved in running many large-scale gambling sites, police plan to apply the law against "organizing a criminal group" instead of the previously applied gambling one.

According to police, many gambling websites with tens of thousands of members are operated by crime rings.

So far, such website operators were indicted on charge of opening a gambling place. Under such a charge, the punishment was up to seven years in prison or a 70 million won fine.

"However, with the charge of criminal group organization, the operators will be subject to harsher punishments of up to life sentences," an official of the National Police Agency said.

Programmers who create and manage gambling sites will also be punished as accomplices, and those who offer web hosting services while knowing the sites are for illegal gambling, as abettors.

Also, not only site operators but gamblers will face heavier punishments.

"Although we have prosecuted only habitual gamblers and gamblers betting a large amount of money in the past, we will charge all gamblers without exceptions, regardless of how often they gamble or how much money they bet," a prosecution official said.

Those who are caught gambling three times or more will be investigated under arrest, he added. Teenagers can also get criminal penalties in cases of repeated gambling.

Police plan to launch a special investigation team to fight cyber gambling, and strengthen cooperation with police in other countries where servers are located.

There have been a number of online gambling scandals involving celebrities, including professional sports stars, in recent years.

Some professional basketball players, judokas and wrestlers were booked for match fixing and illegal gambling in September last year, while some professional baseball players have recently been under investigation for overseas gambling.



경찰, 불법 도박사이트 '조폭'처럼 처벌한다

사이버도박 100일간 집중단속…소액·초범도 전원 형사처벌

조직적으로 운영되는 불법 인터넷 도박사이트에 대해 경찰이 형법상 범죄단체조직 혐의를 적용해 강력한 처벌에 나선다.

경찰청은 다음 달 2일부터 내년 2월9일까지 '불법 사이버도박 척결을 위한 100일 집중단속'에 나선다고 30일 밝혔다.

경찰은 우선 조직적으로 운영되는 도박사이트 운영자에 대해 수사 착수 단계부터 조직폭력단체, 이른바 '조폭'을 구성한 혐의를 적극 적용키로 했다.

회원이 수만명에 이르는 대규모 도박 사이트의 경우 실제 조폭이 개입된 경우가 많고, 사이트 운영이 총책, 관리책, 통장모집책, 인출책 등으로 조직화돼 있다는 판단에서다.

경찰은 그동안 도박 사이트 운영자에 대해 형법상 '도박개장'(5년 이하 징역이나 3천만원 이하 벌금) 또는 국민체육진흥법상 '유사스포츠 도박'(7년 이하 징역이나 7천만원 이하 벌금) 혐의를 적용해왔다.

하지만, 형법상 범죄단체조직 혐의를 적용하면 '사형, 무기 또는 장기 4년 이상 징역'으로 더욱 강력하게 처벌할 수 있다.

도박 프로그램 개발·유지·보수에 가담한 프로그래머는 '도박개장 공범'으로, 도박 사이트인 것을 알면서도 서버 호스팅 서비스를 제공·중계한 사람은 '도박개장 방조범'으로 처벌할 계획이다.

인터넷 도박 행위자는 고액·상습범뿐 아니라 소액·초범도 전원 형사처벌할 방침이다.

세차례 이상 도박 행위로 적발되면 구속수사하는 것은 물론, 도박 액수가 적거나 처음 적발된 행위자도 즉결심판을 청구하고, 청소년도 고액을 베팅하거나 재범일 경우 형사 입건한다는 것이다.

경찰 관계자는 '그동안 고액 도박자나 상습범만 일부 처벌하던 관행에서 벗어나 형사입건 대상을 늘리고, 입건 대상이 아니면 즉결심판까지 활용해 예외없이 처벌할 방침'이라고 말했다.

경찰청 사이버안전국에는 '사이버도박 특별수사팀'을 편성, 대규모 해외 도박사이트를 추적하고, 외국의 운영조직 소탕을 위해 현지 경찰과 합동단속을 확대키로 했다.

공소제기 전 재산의 임의적 처분을 금지하는 '기소전 몰수보전' 제도도 활용한다. 도박 운영자·고액 도박행위자의 명단과 계좌정보도 국세청에 통보, 도박으로 취득한 동산·부동산이나 탈루 세금 등을 적극 추징할 계획이다. (연합뉴스)
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