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“We see that sport is very vulnerable to the risk of match-fixing, and we are working hard to combat this, including through preventive cooperation at various levels to tackle the problem,” Expressen quoted Stefan Erkensjö of the Noa National Anti-Corruption Unit as saying.
In the current case, according to police information, this is a “large sum of money”.
Match fixing! When did it appear in Sweden … #svpol https://t.co/Vdkg9Z9vXq
– Kjelle Sjöholm @ (@Pajenoriginal) April 14, 2021
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“Influencing matches is a serious problem that in some cases has its roots in organized crime. That is why we have included it among the priorities and determined the direction in which the police should proceed with crimes related to sports, “the Swedish police said in a press release.
Scandal. The beautiful Slovak tennis player influenced the matches and received a severe penalty
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She also stated that she had filed charges in another similar case concerning tennis from Gothenburg.
Last September, Dagens Nyheter also reported that the Swedish police were investigating a suspicious bet by a young person from Stockholm who had bet a quarter of a million Swedish crowns (approximately 625 thousand CZK) on a Swedish player’s match at a foreign tournament.
“It’s quite annoying,” the unnamed player told the newspaper at the time.
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