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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11326

3 June 2015
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) internal market
Parliament sounds alarm over explosion of rigged matches

Brussels, 02/06/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 2 June, the European Parliament held its third conference on the explosion of rigged sports matches in Europe, where the speakers painted an alarming picture, providing facts and figures and proposing a series of measures to tackle corruption in sport.

In 2012 alone, the turnover of betting on sports matches at global level reached €500 billion, 10% of it generated by organised crime. Rigged matches are particularly common on countries...

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