Tag: football match-fixing
Politicians ignoring true cause of match-fixing
September 24, 2013
The Telegraph – Fifa’s former head of security has accused politicians of “shamefully” ignoring the true cause of match-fixing after police claimed to have captured the mastermind behind football’s biggest scourge. Tan Seet Eng, known as Dan Tan, was among 14 people arrested in Singapore on Wednesday night after years on the run from authorities in Europe. However, Chris Eaton, who was Fifa head of security for two years and is now Director of Sport Integrity at the International Centre for Sport Security, warned bringing Dan Tan to justice would not solve the true cause of match-fixing. “If we don’t…