BBC News, 18
September 2013
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The 12 men
and two women were detained during a series of raids, European and Singapore
officials said.
Police said
those arrested include the alleged "mastermind" but did not release
any names.
Between
2008 and 2011, investigators said they had identified 680 suspicious games, 380
of them in Europe.
The matches
included World Cup qualifiers and the European Champions league.
European
officials said the matches had been targeted by a Singapore-based betting
cartel whose illegal activities stretched to players, referees and officials
across the world.
Police did
not give the nationalities of those arrested. They said that five - including
the suspected leader - were being held for further questioning while the rest
will be released on bail.
"Police
confirm that the suspected leader and several other individuals who are the
subject of ongoing investigations in other jurisdictions for match fixing were
among the persons arrested," said a joint statement by Singapore police
agencies on Wednesday.
Interpol
and the EU law enforcement agency Europol have both been involved in the
investigation.
Following
the arrests, Interpol Secretary General Ronald K Noble said: "Singaporean
authorities have taken an important step in cracking down on an international
match-fixing syndicate by arresting the main suspects in the case, including
the suspected mastermind.''
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