Hamburg - Swiss prosecutors are to investigate match-fixing allegations as part of the probe into irregularities affecting some 200 matches in nine European leagues. Prosecutors said Tuesday they have sought the assistance of German prosecuting authorities in Bochum who on Friday announced the arrests of 17 people in connection with the affair.
Swiss justice officials confirmed that two of the arrests were in Switzerland.
The Basler Zeitung daily reported Tuesday that Swiss football authorities had been informed of the suspicious matches in Switzerland. They are thought to concern the second-division sides FC Thun and FC Gossau.
According to media reports, the Bulgarian club Lokomotive Mezdra also deliberately lost two friendlies 5-0 this month against the Swiss sides Young Boys and Aarau.
In Athens, Greek media reports said the country's football association has been given details from the European football union UEFA of 14 matches which are under suspicion.
Meanwhile in Moscow, a Russian parliamentary deputy called for justice authorities to investigate any possible involvement of Russian internationals.
Anton Belyakov said the Russian mafia could be the reason why the national side failed in a play-off against Slovenia to qualify for the 2010 World Cup.
Neither Greece nor Russia was listed by German prosecutors among the nine national federations affected by the match-fixing investigation.
The federations involved - Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Turkey, Switzerland and Belgium - have been called to UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland for talks on the issue Wednesday.
World governing body FIFA is meanwhile to hold an extraordinary meeting ahead of the December 4 World Cup draw in Cape Town in which "irregularities in the football betting market" is on the agenda.
