Singapore sleaze or the match-fixing allegations outlined by Europol's 18-month investigation into a rampant betting scam has opened a book on the seedy side of football, the so-called beautiful game. The scale is unprecedented, Initially the probe looked into scams in Germany, Finland, Hungary, Slovenia and Austria. The net then widened to include 680 matches in 30 countries. Europol has identified 425 suspects, so far 50 people have been arrested and 80 search warrants issued. The whole criminal venture is alleged to begin with a suspected syndicate based in Singapore, which then fans out across the globe to involve match officials, club officials, players and gangsters. Most of the matches in the fix include the lower leagues in Turkey, Switzerland and Germany. Rob Wainwright is a Europol Director: "I think this is a sad day for European football. We have known for some time that organised crime operates in many parts of an illegal economy, and that it affects the society and citizens in very many different ways, this is the first time that we've established substantial evidence that organised crime is now also operating in the world of football." Liverpool's 2009 Champions League Group stage win over Debrecen from Hungary is under investigation, but no blame is attached to Liverpool. A number of journalists have identified the alleged "Mr Fixit" in Singapore one, Dan Tan, who police in Finland, Germany Hungary and Italy want to talk to. Dan Tan has not been arrested ...