Extensive online searches were carried out by the Financial Police & Cybercrime Prosecution Service, in collaboration with the Gaming Supervision and Control Committee, to locate and control illegal gambling websites.
A case file was opened for (482) websites of illegal games of chance, while it was found that it is no longer possible to access them, by service providers Internet our country
The investigations were carried out as part of a preliminary examination, following an order from the Athens Prosecutor's Office
From the Financial Police and Electronic Crime Investigation Service, in the framework of a preliminary examination, following a preliminary investigation by the Athens Prosecutor's Office, extensive online surveys were conducted in cooperation with the Supervisory and Game Control Commission to identify and control illegal gambling services websites, which operated via the Internet in our country.
The relevant investigations, combined with the declassification, resulted in the identification of four hundred and eighty two (482) websites providing gambling services, which operated without the legal formalities.
At the same time, the countries through which they operated and in which their servers were located were also identified (servers). Specifically, out of all the illegal websites, as it turned out, (5) were based in our country and the rest (477) in various foreign countries.
For these cases a case file was filed, which was filed with the Athens Prosecutor's Office, and it was found that they can no longer be accessed by Internet Service Providers of our country.
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