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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11011

5 February 2014
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 34
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION - CULTURE / (ae) sport
Tarabella says criminal penalties needed to tackle match fixing

Brussels, 03/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - As the case opened in Brussels on Monday 3 February on fraud in Belgian football between 2004 and 2006, in the European Parliament Marc Tarabella (S&D, Belgium), denounced the increasing numbers of fraud and corruption cases in sport throughout the European Union. He said that several factors were behind this increase, particularly the massive rise in online betting. He also said that the lack of a deterrent was also creating a situation in which the...

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