The main investigator should be declared mentally incompetent
Against the gambling gang from Wels in Austria The Economic and Corruption Public Prosecutor's Office (WKStA) has been carrying out complex proceedings for years. As the investigative website profil.at reports.
As part of a major raid by the Federal Criminal Police Office, initial information was gained as to how entangled the gang's illegal business structure was. However, the investigative work of the financial police officer, Christian W. Who is primarily responsible, has been slowed down in the meantime.
The gambling gang's lawyer wanted to have W. Declared mentally incompetent - presumably in order to torpedo his work and raise doubts. The plan to deny W. Sanity was based on the concept of declaring the raids and sanctions against illegal gambling operations as not legally binding.
Bribed an expert to distort the legal situation?
To implement their plan, the gambling gang allegedly hired an expert who received money to prepare false factual reports. The investigators suspect that the payments to the expert were disguised as lecture fees.
The expert confirmedigt that the gambling gang's slot machines were not illegal devices. The raids carried out by the investigators and in particular W.'s actions were described as “abuse of official authority”.
In fact, W. Diesbezülich had to answer to the Federal Criminal Police Office in Vienna. Ultimately, his sanity and innocence were confirmedigt. However, the whole process cost valuable time resources that would have been missing elsewhere when advancing the investigative work.
Illegal gambling in Austria is widespread
Gambling is highly regulated in Austria, both online and stationary. There is a monopolistic system that, although criticized, continues to exist.
Experts see the low legal supply as an ideal breeding ground for the emergence of a black market. As well as in the stationary area as well as on the Internet, illegal providers are repeatedly discovered and prosecuted.
Unlike in other countries, the size of the black market in Austria can be better estimated because, curiously, many unregulated providers pay taxes to the Austrian state. Providers licensed in other EU countries sometimes take the view that they are legally operating in Austria due to the freedom to provide services within the EU.
Investigations are progressing slowly
Those behind the gambling gang from Wels have always found solutions to buy themselves time. Formal errors were discovered during various raids, meaning that the investigators often had to litigate the case in several instances.
In addition, some of those responsible turned themselves in before the tax authorities in order to avoid prosecution for tax evasion. This reduced the investigative possibilities for the officers.
A spokesman for the WKStA pragmatically commented that the investigations had been dragging on for years: “Data is secured more quickly than evaluated.” It can therefore be assumed that there is still a lot of work ahead of the investigators.
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