Spanish police make arrests, investigate 28 players, in tennis fixing probe


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 10 Jan 2019

FILE PHOTO: Balls sit on a practice court ahead of the U.S. Open tennis championship in New York, August 30, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish Civil Guard has made widespread arrests following an investigation into tennis match-fixing by an organised Armenian criminal gang, the European Union's Europol agency said on Thursday.

Eleven house searches were carried out in Spain and 167,000 euros (£150,867) in cash were seized, along with a shotgun, more than 50 electronic devices, credit cards, five luxury vehicles and documentation related to the case. Forty-two bank accounts have been frozen.

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