Countries grapple with fixing probes
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June 10, 2011, Friday
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PROSECUTORS in South Korea said yesterday they had indicted 12 key figures implicated in a match-fixing scandal, local media said.
Five more active players were among those indicted in the southeastern town of Changwon in a further blow to the K-League, according to Yonhap news agency.
A total of 10 players, along with gambling brokers, are alleged to have been part of the match-fixing ring, with eight of the players from a single club.
"Investigations on three more games suspected of match-fixing are going on," Yonhap quoted Gwak Gyu-hong of the prosecutor's office in Changwon as saying.
A midfielder for the team is accused of receiving 120 million won (US$110,000) in exchange for helping his side lose a match.
Prosecutors believe the player shared money with seven teammates in return for their help in throwing a K-League Cup game.
It's another blow to football's corruption-battered image, with match-fixing investigations also under way in Finland, South Africa, Italy and Greece.
World body FIFA is also investigating a friendly between Nigeria and Argentina as part of a wider probe into suspicious betting patterns and possible match-fixing.
In South Africa, a man has been arrested and faces corruption charges after he was caught in a sting operation trying to bribe match officials to fix a lucrative promotion playoff football game in South Africa.
Organized crime
Police said the 41-year-old man was arrested in Cape Town on Wednesday in an operation by the country's organized crime unit.
He had offered to bribe the officials at a hotel the day before and was arrested in the sting as he tried to pay, Western Cape police said.
Police said he had tried to influence a match in favor of a team vying for promotion to South Africa's top Premier Soccer League in end-of-season playoff matches.
Four clubs are involved in the promotion-relegation playoffs, where a team will earn an estimated 12 million rand (US$1.78 million) if it wins promotion to the top league.
In Rovaniemi, Finland, nine players from Zambia and Georgia and a Singaporean man accused of bribing them went on trial yesterday in a match-fixing investigation that has rocked the Finnish football league.
Prosecutors say Wilson Raj Perumal offered the players bribes to fix matches in an international betting scam that targeted the local team in Rovaniemi, a northern city.
Meanwhile, former Lazio captain Giuseppe Signori denied involvement during questioning by judicial authorities on Wednesday for his alleged role in the latest Italian match-fixing scandal.
Signori, who retired in 2006, was one of 16 people arrested across Italy last week as part of an inquiry focused on 18 matches mostly in Serie B and C. However, key suspects in the case have reportedly divulged information about top-division games that were fixed.
The inquiry appears to be expanding, with ANSA reporting that Naples prosecutors are investigating three Serie A matches involving Napoli over the past two seasons.
Five more active players were among those indicted in the southeastern town of Changwon in a further blow to the K-League, according to Yonhap news agency.
A total of 10 players, along with gambling brokers, are alleged to have been part of the match-fixing ring, with eight of the players from a single club.
"Investigations on three more games suspected of match-fixing are going on," Yonhap quoted Gwak Gyu-hong of the prosecutor's office in Changwon as saying.
A midfielder for the team is accused of receiving 120 million won (US$110,000) in exchange for helping his side lose a match.
Prosecutors believe the player shared money with seven teammates in return for their help in throwing a K-League Cup game.
It's another blow to football's corruption-battered image, with match-fixing investigations also under way in Finland, South Africa, Italy and Greece.
World body FIFA is also investigating a friendly between Nigeria and Argentina as part of a wider probe into suspicious betting patterns and possible match-fixing.
In South Africa, a man has been arrested and faces corruption charges after he was caught in a sting operation trying to bribe match officials to fix a lucrative promotion playoff football game in South Africa.
Organized crime
Police said the 41-year-old man was arrested in Cape Town on Wednesday in an operation by the country's organized crime unit.
He had offered to bribe the officials at a hotel the day before and was arrested in the sting as he tried to pay, Western Cape police said.
Police said he had tried to influence a match in favor of a team vying for promotion to South Africa's top Premier Soccer League in end-of-season playoff matches.
Four clubs are involved in the promotion-relegation playoffs, where a team will earn an estimated 12 million rand (US$1.78 million) if it wins promotion to the top league.
In Rovaniemi, Finland, nine players from Zambia and Georgia and a Singaporean man accused of bribing them went on trial yesterday in a match-fixing investigation that has rocked the Finnish football league.
Prosecutors say Wilson Raj Perumal offered the players bribes to fix matches in an international betting scam that targeted the local team in Rovaniemi, a northern city.
Meanwhile, former Lazio captain Giuseppe Signori denied involvement during questioning by judicial authorities on Wednesday for his alleged role in the latest Italian match-fixing scandal.
Signori, who retired in 2006, was one of 16 people arrested across Italy last week as part of an inquiry focused on 18 matches mostly in Serie B and C. However, key suspects in the case have reportedly divulged information about top-division games that were fixed.
The inquiry appears to be expanding, with ANSA reporting that Naples prosecutors are investigating three Serie A matches involving Napoli over the past two seasons.
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