Match-fixing and doping scandals – the potential fallout

Europol, Europe’s intelligence-sharing agency, has announced it is currently investigating match fixing in football “on a scale that has not been seen before”. The investigation which started in Germany, Finland and Hungary has since been extended to include Slovenia and Austria. It has been running for 18 months and, in that time, Europol has identified 425 individuals who may be involved and has looked at 680 suspect matches in 30 countries. More…