A possible 200 matches fixed this year!!!!!
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:59 pm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8370748.stm
Is it more common than we think?, in the premier league i doubt it, but the lower leagues where there is a much bigger need for money i have no doubt.Match-fixing inquiry probes 200 European football games
Uefa official Peter Limacher addressed a press conference in Germany
About 200 European football matches are under investigation in a match-fixing inquiry, German prosecutors have said.
At least three of the games were in the Champions League and another 12 were in the Uefa Europa League, officials said.
Uefa representative Peter Limacher called it the biggest match-fixing scandal ever to hit Europe.
On Thursday police carried out about 50 raids in Germany, the UK, Switzerland and Austria, making 17 arrests and seizing cash and property.
Matches under investigation were played in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey, Hungary, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Austria.
Cash seized
Prosecutors believe a criminal gang has bribed players, coaches, referees and officials to fix games and then made money by betting on the results.
The investigation is being carried out by German authorities and supported by Uefa, the European football body.
Prosecutors said cash and property seized in Thursday's raids was valued at more than 1m euros (£900,000).
All the matches under suspicion are believed to have taken place this year, although prosecutors did not specify if they were qualifying games or group-round matches.
