Italian Match-Fixing Earned Up to $2.75 Billion, FIFA Says
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Organized criminals may have made as much as 2 billion euros ($2.75 billion) from fixing Italian soccer matches over the past six years, according to the head of security at the sport’s governing body, FIFA.
Tackling match-fixing requires the support of governments and even the United Nations, said Chris Eaton, who heads FIFA’s efforts to tackle the problem, which has led to a number of arrests and convictions worldwide in the past two years. Italian prosecutors are investigating a crime syndicate with links to its top two divisions.