Cambodian casino group returns to Vietnam to organize gambling
Because Cambodia was cracking down on many disguised casinos, Cong "Cau" brought his followers to Dong Nai to set up a casino and then lured gamblers to gamble.
On November 5, Nguyen Van Cong (aka Cong "Cau", 43 years old) and 16 others were temporarily detained by Bien Hoa City Police for their behavior.Gambling organizationandGamble.
According to the investigation, Cong "Cau" is a famous gangster in Dong Nai and some provinces in the Southeast region, specializing in bringing people to Cambodia to gamble, operating in casinos bordering Vietnam. Most of Cong's subordinates are gangsters, all of whom have criminal records.Disturbing public order, Intentionally causing injury, Gambling...
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Suspects in the Cong "Dog" gang. Photo:Thai Ha |
Recently, Cambodia has been cracking down on many disguised casinos, Cong and his followers returned to Vietnam. In early October, Cong, along with Duong Van Bang (Bang "Heo", 43 years old), Nguyen Tri Thuc (28 years old) and Nguyen Tat Luan (39 years old), rented a solid house in Bien Hoa City, organized gambling to collect money.
According to the scouts, most of the suspects are big members so the organization is very sophisticated. This group designed and installed many layers of doors, reinforced the protective iron frame, mounted cameras around, and arranged screens to observe directly outside. Any stranger who came near was detected.
Last week, dozens of Bien Hoa City Police detectives coordinated with the Criminal Police Department and Task Force 161 to surround and raid the house of Cong's group, catching 18 people red-handed gambling. At the gambling den, the police seized more than 1 billion VND, a dice shaking set, 20 mobile phones...
Expanding the investigation, the police discovered at the casino that Tran Van Vinh (38 years old, owner of a karaoke bar in Bien Hoa City) was involved in the case.Loan sharking in civil transactionsshould initiate additional prosecution.