INTERPOL, FIFA and UEFA take joint stand against match-fixing at groundbreaking Rome conference Law enforcement and football unite to tackle illegal activity which generates billions ROME, Italy -- International efforts against corruption in football took a significant step forward today after the Secretaries General of INTERPOL, FIFA and UEFA united for the first time against the danger posed by match-fixing which generates billions in illegal betting. Addressing the landmark international conference entitled 'Match-fixing: The ugly side of the beautiful game', INTERPOL Chief Ronald K. Noble, FIFA's Jérôme Valcke, Gianni Infantino from UEFA and the Chief of Italian State Police, Antonio Manganelli, underlined how the footballing and law enforcement worlds stand shoulder to shoulder in tackling match-fixing at the national, regional and international levels. "Match-fixing is about the money," said the INTERPOL Chief. "Illegal betting which drives match-fixing encompasses a market that is said to be in the range of hundreds of billions of euros per year, with estimates that the large bookmakers have revenues on the same scale as the Coca-Cola company." "Criminal organizations benefit from match-fixing both in the profits it promises and in its ability to launder their ill-gotten gains from other criminal activities. Match-fixing is clearly a many-headed dragon that we must slay with a coordinated national and international effort," said Mr Noble, highlighting that this ...