“I joined (the police) as a very young person in Australia, I have worked on international investigations on organized crime particularly for the last 20 years, and I think this is eminently defeatable,” Eaton explained.The sport has been hit by a recent raft of match-fixing with cases in Greece, Turkey, Italy, South Korea and Finland as well as international friendlies.
The Turkish case resulted in last season’s champions Fenerbahce being withdrawn from the Champions League while Serie A side Atalanta were deducted six points in Italy.
In South Korea, the government threatened to shut down the 16-club league after 46 players were arrested in July in relation to attempts to fix 15 matches from June to October last year.We’re trying to engage the referee, so far unsuccessfully, he retires this month but I’m endeavouring to speak to him and get his side of the story, it’s not over.
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