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Bosnian Police Arrest 12 in Football Match-fixing Case

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November 15, 2019

Niji Narayan

Bosnian Police Arrest 12 in Football Match-fixing Case

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Bosnian police have arrested 12 people, mostly referees, suspected of match-fixing in the Balkan country’s second division.

The investigation is targeting officials and regional football association executives, the prosecutors added in a statement.

They are “suspected of demanding and receiving, during 2019, gifts and other forms of benefits, to fix the results of certain matches” played in Bosnia’s Muslim-Croat half, the statement said.

“Within this operation we arrested twelve people, suspected of organised crime and abuse of power,” a police spokesman told.

Homes of several suspects were searched in the north-eastern towns of Samac and Orasje and in Novi Travnik, in central Bosnia, spokesman Luka Miladinovic added.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.