Operation Brookweed follows reports of suspected match-fixing received from the FAI and UEFA.
A 15TH PERSON has been arrested by gardaí investigating alleged match-fixing in the League of Ireland.Operation Brookweed stems from an investigation opened at the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Unit in 2019 following reports of suspected match-fixing received from the Football Association of Ireland and the Union of European Football Associations .
The man, aged in his 20s, has been arrested for the offence of Conspiracy to Defraud and is currently detained at a Garda station in the Southern Region.Speaking today, Detective Superintendent Catharina Gunne of the GNECB said: “Match-fixing and corruption is a threat to all sports at all levels and undermines public confidence in the fairness of sport.
She added that the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Unit will take “proactive action where necessary to disrupt such criminality”.
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