Six arrested in English soccer match-fixing probe

British police investigating soccer match-fixing have arrested six men in a probe of a suspected international betting syndicate.

Premier League matches are not reported to be under investigation, and the Football League, which runs the three professional divisions below the Premier League, said it had not been contacted by police.

“Six men have been arrested across the country as part of an NCA investigation into alleged football match fixing,” Britain’s National Crime Agency said in a statement.

The fight against match-fixing appeared to have been boosted by the arrest in September of 14 people in Singapore, including Dan Tan, who has been accused of coordinating a global crime syndicate that made millions of dollars betting on rigged Italian matches and other games across the world.

“It was only a matter of time before the English game was caught up in this global wave of match-fixing in football,” said Eaton, who is now director of sport integrity at the International Centre for Sport Security.