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Match-fix probe targets 200 games | Match-fix probe targets 200 games |
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About 200 European football matches are under investigation in a match-fixing inquiry, German prosecutors have said. | |
At least three of the games were in the Champions League and another 12 were in the Uefa Europa League, officials said. | |
Uefa representative Peter Limacher called it the biggest match-fixing scandal ever to hit Europe. | |
On Thursday police carried out about 50 raids in Germany, the UK, Switzerland and Austria, making 17 arrests and seizing cash and property. | |
Matches under investigation were played in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey, Hungary, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Austria. | Matches under investigation were played in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey, Hungary, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Austria. |
Cash seized | |
Prosecutors believe a criminal gang has bribed players, coaches, referees and officials to fix games and then made money by betting on the results. | Prosecutors believe a criminal gang has bribed players, coaches, referees and officials to fix games and then made money by betting on the results. |
The investigation is being carried out by German authorities and supported by Uefa, the European football body. | |
Prosecutors said cash and property seized in Thursday's raids was valued at more than 1m euros (£900,000). | |
All the matches under suspicion are believed to have taken place this year, although prosecutors did not specify if they were qualifying games or group-round matches. | |