1 March 2018

Greek club owners and players prosecuted for match-fixing

A number of club owners, players and officials have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from five months to ten years for involvement in match-fixing, according to Greek reports. Those sentenced by the three member court of appeal (Τριμελές Εφετείο) in Ahens is understood to include the following, reported EFSYN.gr and other Greek news websites:

An investigation was launched in 2011, after over 130 pages of telephone conversations recorded by the Greek national intelligence agency were reported in the media. The investigation was christened ‘Koriopolis’, a pun on the Italian ‘Calciopoli’ match-fixing scandal in 2006 an the Greek word for phone tapping (‘korios’). In 2015, 85 defendants were charged, however it is understood that over 100 charges against other individuals were dropped.

It does not appear that Evangelos Marinakis was amongst those sentenced. The Olympiakos and Nottingham Forest owner stepped down as Chairman of the Greek club ahead of the trial.

Emilio García Silvero, Managing Director of Integrity at the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), will speak about working with police authorities to tackle betting-related corruption at Tackling Match Fixing, which takes place in London on 9/10 March. UEFA’s Legal Counsel will also explain how the body handles disciplinary proceedings in match-fixing cases. Greece is sure to be a hot topic…

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