Six persons arrested on betting charges dropped
Stephen Lee, formerly the fifth-ranked snooker player in the world, received a year ban in September for influencing the outcome of seven pro matches. British football was never likely to be any different. The sport certainly is not in other countries, as Nick Garlick, Europol's senior specialist in organised crime networks, explains. Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency that handles criminal intelligence, has been conducting investigations into fixing across five member nations -- Finland, Hungary, Germany, Austria and Slovenia, and with close links to Italian law enforcement -- while providing information exchange and analysis with EU member nations' police forces.
Finland was one of the main countries in Europol's investigations into match-fixing, and if you look at any corruption index you'll know that Finland is one of the least corrupt countries in the world. If match-fixing can take place in Finland, then it can take place anywhere. The UK has a vibrant betting culture and it's going to be attractive to criminals. This season, the Football League struck a 15 million-pound sponsorship with Sky Bet. Nineteen different betting firms have official partnerships with the 92 clubs of English league football.
Those are just the legal bookmakers; football's danger comes from illegal bookmakers operating from Southeast Asia, and the organised criminal associates trying to turn matches to their favour. Both the recent UK cases include bets made on Asian gambling markets. Europol's investigation had focused initially on the activities of Singaporean criminals. In September, Singapore police arrested Tan Seet Eng, better known as Dan Tan, accused, among other things, of being the head of the network behind the Cremona scandal that took in 22 Italian clubs, 33 matches and 61 people.
Former Atalanta captain Cristiano and Lazio legend Giuseppe Signori were among those arrested and eventually banned from involvement in football activities, while a later part of the enquiry saw Juventus coach Antonio Conte banned for 12 months from football activity, later reduced to four months on appeal.
Fixers working inside the Asian gambling market have destroyed much of the sport on that continent, so now they are turning their attention to other countries. A total of individuals, from match and club officials to players and serious criminals hailing from 15 countries, were under suspicion. No English matches were pinpointed then -- UK police were not partners in the investigation -- but recent revelations suggest the epidemic has spread across from the continent.
We would of course assist any such investigation. Miners were apprehended, assaulted and handed over to the police. Police Minister Bheki Cele called the rapes the "shame of the nation" and police initially arrested more than 80 men before charges were ultimately laid against They arrested the wrong people, so the real criminals are still out there," said spokesman Javu Baloyi.
The Sisonke organization, which staged demonstrations at court during the suspects' appearances, also called on police to act quickly to find those responsible. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox Arrives Weekdays.
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