Alleged fixer covertly recorded boasting that World Cup qualifiers were rigged
By Claire Newell, Holly Watt and Ben Bryant
4:00PM GMT 28 Nov 2013
World Cup qualification matches may have been fixed by the international gambling syndicate at the centre of the British football scandal.
The alleged fixer arrested earlier this week claimed he fixed World Cup games and matches in Europe and Australia.
During a secretly recorded meeting earlier this month, he said “I do Australia, Scotland. Ireland. Europe. World Cup. World Cup qualifier”.
He claimed to control the entire team for one African country, which cannot be named for legal reasons.
The Telegraph understands that the National Crime Agency (NCA) which has launched an investigation into match fixing in Britain’s lower leagues is now co-operating with other international law enforcement agencies following this week’s arrests.
The Telegraph was approached by an undercover investigator with links to Fifa, who had been gathering evidence against suspected Asian match fixers offering to operate in Britain.
During undercover meetings in Manchester earlier this month, the fixer told the former Fifa investigator that he could pay referees and players to manipulate the results of games.
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