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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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | 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. | 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). | 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. | 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. |
| Speaking at a press conference in Germany, Mr Limacher said the revelations represented "clearly" the worst ever match-fixing scandal in European football. | |
| He said the arrests were proof that the detection system was working. | |
| "We feel a certain satisfaction but on the other side we are deeply affected by the scope of game manipulations by international gangs," he added. | |
| A German police spokesman told the BBC that officers in the UK had been helping in the inquiry but that no British football matches were under suspicion. | |
| UK police said they had carried out a search in the Greater London area following a request from German law enforcement officials. |