Belgium detains 13 over fixing
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BELGIUM has detained 13 people in raids over an investigation into suspected match-fixing in the lower ranks of professional tennis, federal prosecutors said yesterday.
A criminal organization with ties to Belgium and Armenia has been bribing professional tennis players since 2014 to fix matches, allowing the criminals to rake in profits by placing bets, the prosecutors said.
The fixed matches were usually in lower-ranked, rarely televised tournaments, such as the Futures and Challenger circuits, where it was easier to bribe players, prosecutors said.
An independent report commissioned by the sport’s major bodies concluded in April that tennis faced “very significant” integrity problems caused by a sharp increase in internet betting.
The Interim Report of the Independent Review of Integrity said its two-year investigation had not revealed widespread corruption at the top of the professional game.
There was evidence of some issues at these levels, though the review panel’s chairman Adam Lewis said match-fixing at the level of a Grand Slam tournament was “unlikely.”
In the Belgian case, investigators cooperated with counterparts in Germany, France, Bulgaria, Slovakia, the Netherlands and the US.
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