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Match-fixing

Starlizard signs free Moldovan match-fixing monitoring deal  

March 2: Starlizard Integrity Services (SIS) has agreed a new partnership with the Moldovan Football Federation (FMF) in the fight against the threat of match-fixing in Moldova.

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Match-fixing game changer: Sportradar makes fraud detection system free to leagues

By Paul Nicholson

February 16 – In what could be a game-changing move in the battle against match-fixing, Sportradar is to make its Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS) available free of charge to sport organisations.

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Matchfixing: Slovak FA beefs up betting monitoring with Starlizard partnership

February 2 – Starlizard Integrity Services (SIS) have agreed a strategic partnership to combat match-fixing with the Slovak Football Association (SFA) beginning immediately.

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Greek court clears Marinakis, Sarris and 25 others of match-fixing

January 29 – A court of appeal has acquitted Olympiakos and Nottingham Forest owner Vangelis Marinakis (pictured) and 27 others of match-fixing in a case stretching back several years.

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FIFA

FIFA joins with UNODC in battle against match-fixers

January 6 – FIFA has joined forces with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in a new campaign encouraging the football industry to raise awareness about global match-fixing.

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Europe

Police swoop as Europol says organised crime has infiltrated 5 of Moldova’s 10 top tier clubs

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December 9 – Five of the 10 football clubs in the Moldovan top flight have been involved in match-fixing linked to organised crime this season, Europol has said.

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Europe

Berbr resigns post as Czech FA scrambles to limit match-fixing damage

By Andrew Warshaw

October 20 – Within hours of being embroiled in match-fixing scandal that has rocked his country, the vice-chairman of the Czech FA, Roman Berbr, has handed in his resignation despite having vehemently denied any involvement.

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Europe

Sweeping police raids pick up Czech FA’s Berbr on match-fixing charges

October 19 – The vice-president of the Czech Football Association has been taken into custody after becoming embroiled in a match-fixing scandal he vehemently denies.

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Paraguayan club boss banned for life for match-fixing

September 29 – FIFA has handed Marco Antonio Trovato Villalba, president of the Paraguayan club Olimpia, a life-time ban from the game after finding the football official guilty of match manipulation.

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Match-fixing down slightly as fixers target weekdays and international games, finds report

September 2 – The number of betting related fixed matches saw a fractional decrease in 2020, according to the third annual Suspicious Betting Trends in Global Football Report.

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Europe

Armenian League, ravaged by match-fixing, secures record betting sponsorship with VBET

August 17 – Armenian football, which has been so plagued by match-fixing that it abandoned its second tier league, has announced a new sponsorship deal with online bookmaker brand VBET, owned by BetConstruct.

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Match-fixing: Europol warns organised crime gangs are taking football in their grip

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By Paul Nicholson

August 7 – The involvement of organised criminal gangs (OCGs) in sports, and football in particular, is increasing in Europe and the Covid crisis has accelerated that increase, according to a new report by Europol, the European Union’s agency for law enforcement cooperation.

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Football Asia

Match-fixing: AFC adds goalkeeper to long list of Laos players banned for life

August 3 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has issued another life time ban on a Laos national team player for match fixing.

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Football’s Deep State: Are match-fixers infiltrating the governing bodies and their suppliers?

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By Paul Nicholson

July 17 – In 2018 when Insideworldfootball and Rex Sport hosted their Tackling Match-fixing conference in London a number of panellists made the point that betting related match manipulation was the playground of major organised crime gangs.

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Match-fixing: Armenia suspends whole second tier, bans 45, disqualifies five clubs

July 8 – Football authorities in Armenia have suspended their entire second tier and handed out 45 lifetime bans after one of the biggest match-fixing episodes of recent years in Europe.

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