The 19 people were arrested on Friday after midnight in a bar on "2 Korriku" street in Prizren, where illegal gambling was suspected.
"It is reported that 19 people have been arrested as Kosovar male suspects, after being found inside a bar, where illegal gambling and betting were suspected," the police statement said.
All suspects have been arrested. Sports betting in Kosovo was closed in 2019, following the decision of the Haradinaj government. This blanket ban was put in place following several murders that occurred in the casino.
What it says the law?
The circumstances of the present case are related with the termination of the exercise of the Applicant’s sports betting activity, which was exercised based on the licenses issued by the Tax Administration of Kosovo in accordance with Law no. 04/L-080 on the Games of Chance. Based on the latter, the last license issued to the Applicant to exercise this activity was valid from 8 August 2018 to 7 August 2019. However, on 10 May 2019 entered into force Law no. 06/L-155 on the Prohibition of Games of Chance, based on which all games of chance in the territory of the Republic of Kosovo were closed and prohibited.
