The fixer’s playground: Anatomy of a match-fixing syndicate
Organised crime and sport
ANALYSIS: In the first in a new series of articles exploring the links between sport and organised crime – from street level to international syndicates – Policing Insight’s Chris Dalby looks at the growing impact of match-fixing and spot-fixing, which are influencing the outcomes of sporting events from the lower leagues to the largest stage in the UK and globally, and driving an illegal betting industry worth more than a trillion US dollars.