Hundreds of matches have been fixed in a global betting scam run from Singapore, police said on Monday, in a blow to the image of the world's most popular sport and a multi-billion dollar industry.
About 680 suspicious matches including qualifying games for the World Cup and European Championship, and the Champions League for top European club sides, were identified in an inquiry by European police forces, the European anti-crime agency Europol, and national prosecutors.
"According to our knowledge the Bundesliga and the second Bundesliga are not affected," DFL President Reinhard Rauball said.
"But those who know that the betting business has a turnover of not thousands or millions but billions can suspect that criminals will set up their business there and profit from it," he told reporters.
"What is important for us is that the authorities pursue this matter intensively," Rauball said.
