SPF and CPIB sending officers to Europe to help with match-fixing investigations

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SPF and CPIB sending officers to Europe to help with match-fixing investigations

Britain's Rob Wainwright, second from left, director of the European police agency Europol, takes his seat prior to elaborating on findings of a probe into football match fixing during a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo:


SINGAPORE — The Singapore Police Force (SPF) and Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) are sending 4 senior officers to France to join the Interpol team tasked with investigating match-fixing allegations, they announced today in a statement.

The full text of the statement is as follows:

“A team of 4 senior officers from the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) will be heading to the INTERPOL Headquarters in Lyon, France within the next two weeks. They will join the INTERPOL Global Anti-Match-fixing Taskforce to assist in match-fixing investigations.

“Led by a Deputy Assistant Commissioner from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the SPF, the Singapore team will work with INTERPOL to engage member countries affected by match-fixing. The team aims to collect available information from these countries and seek their assistance to grant us access to evidence, witnesses and/or suspects whom they believe to be involved in the alleged match-fixing cases. The team will also be exploring avenues to offer our assistance and share available information we have with these affected countries.

“Singapore is committed to eradicating match-fixing as a transnational crime and protect the integrity of the sport, and will pursue such cases vigorously with a view to bringing perpetrators to justice. Through this mission, we hope to work together with the INTERPOL Global Anti-Match-fixing Taskforce and the global community to gather and share information and evidence that will enable us to build a concrete case, not just against individuals, but also against the syndicates involved.”

 

[KarJuaKoon]

AFC chief calls 'fixing' a soccer pandemic
Updated: 2013-02-21 07:43

By Reuters in Kuala Lumpur (China Daily)

The "cancer" of soccer match-fixing is a pandemic that is too big for one organization to tackle, AFC acting president Zhang Jilong warned as the regional body and Interpol kicked off a two-day seminar on the issue on Wednesday.

World soccer was rocked this month when European police said a Singapore-based syndicate had directed match-fixing for at least 380 soccer games in Europe alone, with documented profits of eight million euros ($11 million) believed to be just the tip of the iceberg.

While the news shocked many in Europe, the announcements were met with little surprise in Asia, which has long struggled to tackle the problem with high-profile cases in South Korea, China and Malaysia in recent years.

Zhang, who served as the chairman of the AFC's Finance Committee during the final years of Mohammed Bin Hammam's reign as AFC president before the Qatari was banned for life by FIFA for corruption and bribery, said cooperation was required to tackle the problem.

"We are ready to work hand in hand to eradicate this cancer from the game," Zhang said in Kuala Lumpur in his opening speech.

"Match-fixing is too complicated and widespread for one organization to fight it alone.

"No continent is now left untouched by this disease. Match-fixing is now a pandemic in world football."

The lack of arrests in the global match-fixing case, which has been reported on in Singapore newspapers for years, has led to criticism, but FIFA director of security Ralf Mutshke said the issue was above its jurisdiction.

"This is a question basically for law enforcement on one side and a problem which politicians have to solve," he said.

"This is a criminal case. It has nothing to do with our (FIFA's) responsibility."

Zhang has been in temporary charge of the AFC since June 2011 and is expected to run for the full presidency post during the elections in May.

The experienced Chinese administrator said no stone was being left unturned in battling the crisis affecting the world's most popular sport.

 

[lianbeng]

lianbeng noted Singapore Police Force working with Interpol 国际刑警 leh! mai siaosiao hor! u think is 警察故事 movie isit?

 

[songsongpunggol]

Wah free jiakhong.

I thought those crooks are in singapore?

Why they still got time to go europe jiakhong?