The body chaired by Luis Rubiales emphasizes that the ‘needle operation’ carried out in Andalusia, Extremadura and Gibraltar was ‘based on a warning from the FEF’s Integrity and Security Department’
The Spanish Football Federation (FEF) will request “in the coming days” to appear in the open case in a court in Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz) for the so-called ‘Operation Conifer’, which is the dismantling of an organization dedicated to match fixing. matches in First and Second RFEF and the Gibraltar National League. The dismantling of the plot has resulted in 21 detainees, including 12 active footballers from six modest teams in Andalusia and Extremadura, who are accused of defrauding more than €500,000.
The body chaired by Luis Rubiales congratulated the Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (CGOJ) and the National Police Center for Integrity in Sports and Betting (Cenpida) on the development of the operation, which began with a warning from the Integrity Department and Security of the FEF,” the federal entity said on Friday.
“That alarm, in May 2021, was passed on by the FEF Integrity Service to the DGOJ, who in turn forwarded it to the Cenpida of the National Police. This police unit is the one that carried out the actions now known to the investigating judge 4 of Sanlúcar. The FEF would therefore like to congratulate both the DGOJ and Cenpida and emphasize the importance of cooperation between sports institutions and entities to defend the cleanliness of sports competitions, especially football competitions,” the Spanish Federation said in a statement.
The FEF recalls that, along with 19 territorial federations in Spain, “several protection actions are carried out in Spanish football throughout the season”. “Notable among them is the training in Integrity provided to players, coaches and referees of all football, men’s and women’s and futsal. This training has been received, in the 2021-22 season. for a total of 3,078 people,” he reports. “In addition to this preventive activity, the FEF uses the services of the specialized company Sportradar to monitor the betting markets. This means carrying out a follow-up of Spanish leagues for the rapid detection of any element that may indicate actions contrary to disciplinary rules, both sporting and criminal,” he emphasizes.
The non-professional football bet was dismantled by the National Police, in conjunction with Interpol and Europol, whose joint operation has allowed the arrest of 21 people in Seville, Cádiz, Almería and Badajoz and the investigation of six more. “The organization consisted of two men connected to the world of professional football, football players who abused their profession to provide privileged information, brokers who provided identities to operate in the online game and mules who went to gambling dens to pre – set sports bets and collect the prizes won,” the National Police announced on Wednesday.
The detainees are charged with alleged crimes of membership in a criminal organization, corruption between individuals on the sports field and fraud against gambling operators. The alleged leader of the plot, according to police, is said to be a CD Rota player, along with a person with ties to Atlético Sanluqueño, who dropped from the first to second RFEF in the past season and has several players among those arrested.
Source: La Verdad
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