▁first . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers ies ▁In ▁late ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁it ▁was ▁revealed ▁by ▁the ▁Sloven ian ▁media ▁that ▁Mar ib or ▁police ▁department ▁is , ▁for ▁the ▁past ▁six ▁months , ▁investig ating ▁an ▁illegal ▁bet ting ▁organization ▁and ▁six ▁individuals , ▁four ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁from ▁the ▁Mar ib or ▁area ▁and ▁had ▁already ▁been ▁taken ▁into ▁cust ody . ▁The ▁Police ▁also ▁revealed ▁that ▁two ▁other ▁collabor ators ▁were ▁still ▁at ▁large ▁and ▁that ▁one ▁of ▁those ▁was ▁Gor an ▁Š uk alo , ▁who ▁alleg edly ▁inv ested ▁over ▁€ 1 . 9 ▁million ▁in ▁the ▁organization , ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁which ▁he ▁collected ▁from ▁other ▁professional ▁players . ▁Š uk alo ▁categor ically ▁denied ▁his ▁invol vement ▁in ▁the ▁matter , ▁however , ▁it ▁was ▁revealed ▁by ▁the ▁media ▁and ▁the ▁police ▁that ▁investig ators ▁had ▁been ▁t apping ▁the ▁ph ones ▁of ▁the ▁four ▁persons ▁currently ▁in ▁cust ody ▁and ▁have ▁recorded ▁a ▁conversation ▁between ▁Š uk alo ▁and ▁the ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁illegal ▁organization ▁K osta ▁Turner , ▁when ▁Š uk alo ▁revealed ▁that ▁another ▁football ▁player , ▁N ast ja ▁Č eh , ▁was ▁still ▁ow ing ▁him ▁€ 7 3 , 0 0 0 ▁and ▁was ▁avoid ing ▁payment . ▁Al leg edly ▁this ▁was ▁the ▁reason ▁why ▁Č eh ▁pa wn ed ▁his ▁property ▁near ▁P t uj ▁to ▁K osta ▁Turner , ▁which ▁was ▁visible ▁from ▁the ▁official ▁real