Over 5,000 people have been arrested in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand in a co-ordinated swoop against illegal football betting during the World Cup.
Interpol, which helped co-ordinate the month-long operation, said officers had raided more than 800 illegal gambling dens that had handled more than €119m in bets.
'The results we have seen are impressive,' said Interpol executive director for police services Jean-Michel Louboutin, in a statement.
'As well as having clear connections to organised crime, illegal soccer gambling is also linked with corruption, money laundering and prostitution,' he said.
The operation ran between 11 June and 11 July, during a time when hundreds of millions of fans around the world were following the action from the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
In the operation, police seized €7.7m in cash along with other alleged criminal assets such as cars, bank cards, computers and mobile phones, Mr Louboutin said in his statement.
The World Cup operation was dubbed SOGA III, following two previous but smaller series of raids.
Interpol said that these operations have led to nearly 7,000 arrests, the seizure of more than €20m in cash and the closure of illegal gambling dens, which handled more than €1.5bn worth of bets.
