The match-fixing scandal that rocks Europe and Switzerland does not surprise Declan Hill. Freelance journalist, Canadian conducted an extensive investigation coupled with a doctoral thesis at Oxford University which led him to Asia, where triads mafia orchestrate the network's sprawling market paris stirring hundreds of billions of dollars each year.
Author of the book, How rig a football game? , published by Florent Massot, it reveals the workings of the machine and drops a bombshell, saying that four games of the 2006 World Cup were rigged. He states in swissinfo November 25, 2009: "Lots of new match-fixing will be updated in other European leagues in England, Italy, France and Spain ... The football was relatively protected . That said, arrange a game is still possible. At a minimum, just to bribe three or four players on the team's lowest . If a team low on purpose to lose, no one suspects anything . His players are usually less well paid, therefore easier to bribe. The same goes for major international competitions: the most vulnerable Selections are from Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe ".
" At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, four match-fixing case of Ghana (against Brazil and Italy, ed.) Ecuador (England) and Ukraine (Italy) . "
" In a betting scams, there are d one side of the betting market, and the other, there is the world of football. It's very rare that contacts between the two parties are direct. Clearly, there are intermediaries between corrupting and players. These intermediaries are former coaches or former players looking to earn money once their career is over. They enjoy a good reputation and can easily lure their prey.
"During my investigation, many things surprised me, but especially these two. The first is the presence of corrupting displayed in major international tournaments like the World Cup, the world women or the Olympic tournament. The second is the culture of sex of some big European clubs for referees, a phenomenon found in recent years and that all officials and local people knew football. Once at their hotel, officials knew that within half an hour the girls were coming. "
" It happens in Switzerland, but not only. Belgium, Finland or the Czech Republic are experiencing the same phenomenon. It was difficult to believe that Asians have fun rig lower division matches that are played before 200 people thousands of miles from home. But the market for illegal paris is huge in Asia. It is estimated at 400 billion dollars. "
" They now are betting on some European leagues Junior played by kids 16 years. I also an anecdote that sums up the situation. I remember one meeting in Malaysia with a guy who worked for the local triads. And this guy knew everything, but then all of football ... Icelandic. A true expert: I recited the names of first division clubs which I did not even know the existence but also those teams village of fewer than 5,000 inhabitants. He was also unbeatable in the women's game.
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