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Sixteen reportedly charged in Greek football match-fixing investigation | Sixteen reportedly charged in Greek football match-fixing investigation |
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Charges have been brought against 16 people in a large-scale investigation into match-fixing in Greek football, including the chairman of the country’s leading club, a police source has revealed. | Charges have been brought against 16 people in a large-scale investigation into match-fixing in Greek football, including the chairman of the country’s leading club, a police source has revealed. |
Prosecutors did not provide the names of those charged with, among other offences, “participation in a criminal enterprise”, but the source indicated the individuals are the same as those targeted in a preliminary investigation. | |
Those included Evangelos Marinakis, the president of reigning national champions Olympiakos, the team from the port of Piraeus who have won 16 of the last 18 league titles. | Those included Evangelos Marinakis, the president of reigning national champions Olympiakos, the team from the port of Piraeus who have won 16 of the last 18 league titles. |
Officials from the Greek football federation and referees have also been charged in the case for offences including “setting up, participating in and directing a criminal organisation, fraud, attempted criminal extortion and corruption”. | Officials from the Greek football federation and referees have also been charged in the case for offences including “setting up, participating in and directing a criminal organisation, fraud, attempted criminal extortion and corruption”. |
The investigation is centred on alleged fixing of matches, including relegation and promotion battles, between 2011 and 2013. | The investigation is centred on alleged fixing of matches, including relegation and promotion battles, between 2011 and 2013. |
Marinakis, a businessman and ship-owner who has owned Olympiakos since 2010, was previously implicated in another match-fixing scandal in 2010-11 which is still the subject of investigation. | Marinakis, a businessman and ship-owner who has owned Olympiakos since 2010, was previously implicated in another match-fixing scandal in 2010-11 which is still the subject of investigation. |
Corruption is endemic in Greek football, while games in the top two divisions were halted for a weekend in November after a top refereeing official was attacked outside his home in Athens. | Corruption is endemic in Greek football, while games in the top two divisions were halted for a weekend in November after a top refereeing official was attacked outside his home in Athens. |
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