International match–fixing guru nabbed

fixing organisation based in Singapore.
Investigators have been critical of Singapore for allowing alleged match fixers to live there freely.
Interpol — the international organisation of criminal police — believes that Sulic is linked to a match-fixing group controlled by Singaporean businessman Tan Seet Eng — also known as Dan Tan.
Initial reports said that Tan himself was on the plane from Singapore to Italy.
Sulic was arrested at Malpensa airport in Milan after stepping off a flight from Singapore, police said. They had been tipped off by his lawyer that he was on the flight, they added.
The BBC’s Jonah Fisher in Bangkok said that news of the pending arrest first emerged on Wednesday evening, when Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble told a news conference on match-fixing in Malaysia that a suspect was on his way from Singapore to Milan.
The man — who was not named by Noble — was wanted by Italian police in connection with a scandal which saw several high profile Italian players given bans from football and clubs penalised, Interpol said.
“I can’t tell you where he is wanted on in the Interpol list,” Noble told the BBC from Singapore.
“I can tell you he is wanted for arrest by Italian authorities for his alleged involvement in match-fixing under the organisation based in Singapore controlled by Tan Seet Eng.”
Noble defended Singapore and south-east Asian countries from the charge that they had allowed the region to become a hub for international match-fixing.
He argued that the European police were not sharing information internationally — leaving the Asians with very little evidence to act on.
News of the arrest follows details released by European police earlier this month at the conclusion of an 18-month investigation in match-fixing. They said that a crime syndicate based in Singapore was liaising with criminal networks throughout Europe, and that match-fixing had taken place in 15 countries and 50 people have so far been arrested.
In total, 30 countries and close to 700 matches worldwide were examined. Many of the allegations involved matches in lower divisions around Europe.
Some 425 match officials, club officials, players and criminals are suspected of being involved.— BBC Sport.