Three men have been arrested after gardai carried out "a day of action" today in relation to alleged match-fixing in the League of Ireland.
Two men, aged in their 30's, were arrested in the Dublin region on suspicion of the offence of Conspiracy to Defraud contrary to Common Law and are currently being held at a south Dublin garda station. A third man, also aged in his 30's, was arrested in the Eastern region on suspicion of the same offence.
The Anti-Bribery & Corruption Unit and Garda National Economic Crime Bureau were aided by INTERPOL officers from their Match-Fixing Task Force who travelled from Lyon, France. Today's operation stems from a 2019 investigation into reports of suspected match-fixing received from the FAI and UEFA.
Officers also arrested a man in the northwest last week as part of this investigation, called Operation Brookweed, bringing the total number of arrests to 14.
Commenting on Operation Brookweed, Detective Superintendent Catharina Gunne, GNECB said: "Match-fixing and corruption is a threat to all sports at all levels and undermines public confidence in the fairness of sport. It can allow organised crime to infiltrate sport in order to use it to make illicit gains or launder proceeds of crime.
"The Anti-Bribery & Corruption Unit will take proactive action where necessary to disrupt such criminality. Match-fixers prey on young and vulnerable players in order to corrupt them for their ends. "
A garda spokesman said: "An Garda Síochána continues to appeal to any person who have information in relation to match-fixing or sports corruption to report the matter in confidence to the Bribery and Corruption Confidential Reporting line – 1800 40 60 80 the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111 or to their local Garda Station.
"Investigations are ongoing."
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