The Age – Victorian detectives have swooped on a match fixing syndicate operating from Victoria’s Premier League professional soccer division. Fairfax Media can reveal that international match fixing syndicates run by organised criminals have been fixing soccer matches in Australia, making hundreds of thousands of dollars on Asian betting markets. An investigation revealed that up to ten European footballers playing professional football in Australia have been recruited by the syndicate. Some of the players arrested have played professionally in the United Kingdom before coming to Australia. One avenue of inquiry being probed by police is whether the players were recruited…