Symbol copyright Press Association Symbol caption The Belgian probe follows an April report on fit-fixing in lower-degree tennis fits.
Belgium has detained 13 other people in a probe into allegations of match-solving in decrease-degree professional tennis.
Prosecutors said a Belgian-Armenian ring has been bribing players on account that 2014, with criminals winning bets on the fixed results.
Pros competing in decrease-degree tournaments have been easier to bribe, prosecutors said.
The investigation follows a file in April complaining of a “tsunami” of corruption within the recreation.
An Unbiased Overview Panel (IRP) seemed into the integrity of professional tennis after a joint Buzzfeed and BBC Information investigation found suspected unlawful having a bet.
Match-solving ‘tsunami’ in non-elite tennis
Belgian government cooperated with Bulgarian, Dutch, French, German, Slovakian and US counterparts in mounting simultaneous raids on Tuesday.
Twenty-one homes in Belgium have been searched, with 13 people held on suspicion of fit-fixing, corruption, cash laundering and participation in organised felony actions.
according to a record in Belgian newspaper Le Soir (in French), the fits in question took place on the World Tennis Federation (ITF) Futures circuit and the Affiliation of Tennis Execs (ATP) Challenger excursion.
A judge will come to a decision whether or not those held will probably be officially arrested, prosecutors said.
In reaction to the IRP document in April, the governing bodies of professional tennis – the ATP, WTA, ITF and Grand Slam Board – stated they recognised “vulnerabilities” within the game, in particular at decrease levels.
They additionally mentioned they had been “dedicated to seizing the opportunity to address those issues thru company and decisive action”.
They are but to remark on the Belgian raids.
What did the April file to find?
Media captionSports correspondent Joe Wilson explains report into tennis integrity
Led via Adam Lewis QC, the IRP found a “very vital” corruption drawback at “lower and middle ranges of the game” which Mr Lewis defined as a “fertile breeding ground for breaches of integrity”.
There was once no proof of a cover-up by governing bodies.
Men’s video games accounted for EIGHTY THREE% of suspicious fit signals between 2009 to 2017, Mr Lewis stated.
There used to be also some evidence of problems at elite events like Grand Slams, but this was once no longer seemingly a “common downside”, the report mentioned.
