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HARI SREENIVASAN (Newshour): Soccer has been tainted in the past by evidence of match fixing. But European law enforcement officials outlined a complex scandal yesterday that was enormous in scope and could be deeply damaging to the game's reputation.
The European Union's police agency, Europol, said an 18-month investigation turned up 680 matches suspected of being fixed across the globe. The games were played between 2008 and 2011. The scandal may have even involved qualifying matches for the sport's biggest tournaments, the World Cup and the European Championships.
The probe cited links to criminal networks, including a Singapore-based crime syndicate. Europol wouldn't name any of the suspected matches or individuals, but said it involved more than 400 people in 15 countries.
For more on this story, I'm joined by Kevin Baxter, who covers soccer for The L.A. Times.
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