Journalist, academic. Expert on match-fixing, sports gambling, mafia, World Cup. Author of The Fix & The Insider's Guide to Match Fixing - crimewavespodcast.com

Joined June 2010
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The Seven Secrets of Why There Will be Match-Fixers at the World Cup: Part 3 – No one is stopping them The match-fixers were at the last men’s FIFA World Cup in America. They will be back tinyurl.com/48yuwndt
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After being awarded the host of the world’s biggest sporting tournaments. After four years of legalized sports gambling - it is still legal to fix matches in Canada. Forget all the other countries and issues. If you are a match-fixer, just station yourself in Canada. In my home and native country, there will be no knock on the door, no boot coming through the door or arrest. Because what you will be doing as a match-fixer is all completely legal. tinyurl.com/48yuwndt
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Bonus SECRET: Canada and Mexico are open for match-fixing It's difficult to report match-fixers when you are dead. I said, “Look, if you, any of you get a problem, then you need to immediately report it to the Head of Referee’s Committee. This referee put his hand up. “That’d be difficult to do when we’re dead.” “What do you mean? “It’s a real privilege to be here for the World Cup, but every time I’ve been down here, I’ve been told that I must do this, or I must do that. I can’t tell you who told me that, but let’s just say that they were very close to the match… I’ve come down here three times. I’ve been warned three times and told that, ‘If I didn’t comply with the instructions that I was given, then I will be dead.’ So in this instance (if a match-fixer approached him), I’m just saying to you, who would I report it to?” Interview with senior FIFA Official on training referees and match officials in Mexico tinyurl.com/48yuwndt
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Why There Will be Match-Fixers at the World Cup: Part 3 No One is Stopping Them... “You know match-fixing is a problem, but I've been thinking, our bigger problem is marketing. If the fans knew how extensive corruption is in our sport they'd switch off.” Senior European football official (Just before he threatened me with his mob buddies) tinyurl.com/vy55tdh9
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The Seven Secrets of Why There Will be Match-Fixers at the World Cup: Part 3 The match-fixers were at the last men’s FIFA World Cup in America. They'll be back: more teams; larger gambling market: & no one is stopping them. tinyurl.com/vy55tdh9
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Fine. Just how much is it going to cost us all? Please keep on their trail @bobmackin You're doing great work!
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FIFA is a legally-defined criminal organization, yet Canadian taxpayers have to cover all the loses while FIFA keeps all the profits - why? And why can't we know how much the whole thing will cost? On CBC Television to discuss the FIFA World Cup in Canada. More at: declanhill.com/blogs cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7…
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This is the wildest World Cup story yet. If someone in Toronto sells a ticket above face value they get fined $25,000 yet the city of Toronto bought 3,500 World Cup tickets early and then sold them to taxpayers at a markup as a “revenue generation strategy.” What the hell man.
NEW: The City of Toronto says only a fraction of the 2026 FIFA World Cup tickets it bought as an investment remain unsold, with the soccer gamble looking set to pay off a week before the games begin. #ToPoli globalnews.ca/news/11891194/…
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TRUTH BOMBS ON FIFA FROM DECLAN HILL "Well, first of all, FIFA is an organized crime group. That's the words of the Southern District of New York. A court has banged a gavel and said that group is full of racketeers, mobsters, convicted war criminals." "And this is the group that we are handing tens of millions, hundreds of millions. And by the time the bill comes in, over a billion dollars Canadian taxpayers Money to do 10 soccer games." "We've never actually had a debate in Canada... (politicians) will not allow a debate." "They're suspending our civil liberties in much of these areas around the World Cup." "...This, this is the number they're giving us today. They gave us other numbers last week. They gave us other numbers when they paid a bid for this World Cup. I guarantee you, Natasha, and please hold me to this... It's not going to stop at 82 million." "It's going to be far north of a billion dollars because there's a whole bunch of money that those governments, federal, provincial and city have said we're not going to tell you." "We should have had this debate two, three, five years ago when the hosting was given to us, when the decision was made for us to do this." Watch it all! @declan_hill
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All of this is happening while the Future of Sport in Canada Commission's report gathers dust on a shelf. Athletes spoke. The Commission listened. The recommendations are there. The question is: who will act?
Words Don't Stop Bullets: Why Cricket Canada Needs Police Action Violent extortion, threats, houses sprayed with bullets and alleged match-fixing at the T20 World Cup of Cricket linked to sports gambling. tinyurl.com/2323t9s8
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If this was any other industry & executives were having their homes sprayed with bullets, the police would move. But because it is sport - the official's attitude is, “There is nothing that we can do…”. More at: tinyurl.com/59tzaztw or tinyurl.com/2323t9s8 #sportscorruption #matchfixing
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On Canadian television to talk about the International Cricket Council suspending Cricket Canada. My take? Words don't stop bullets. Bits of paper don't stop gangsters from killing people. What Canadian cricket is facing is not a “sports crime”. It is not doping or cheating but an alleged, systemic campaign of criminal extortion committed by violent thugs. This is about violent extortion, threats, houses sprayed with bullets and alleged match-fixing at the World Cup of Cricket linked to sports gambling. More at: tinyurl.com/59tzaztw or tinyurl.com/2323t9s8
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On Canadian television to talk about the International Cricket Council suspending Cricket Canada. My take? Words don't stop bullets. What Canadian cricket is facing is not a “sports crime”. This is about violent extortion, threats, houses sprayed with bullets and alleged match-fixing at the World Cup of Cricket linked to sports gambling. More at: lnkd.in/gw6ivSfp
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Words Don't Stop Bullets: Why Cricket Canada Needs Police Action Violent extortion, threats, houses sprayed with bullets and alleged match-fixing at the T20 World Cup of Cricket linked to sports gambling. tinyurl.com/2323t9s8
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7 Secrets of Why There Will be Match-Fixing at the World Cup - Part 2 Some of the FIFA officials have been mind-boggling corrupt. Including a war criminal responsible for organizing the FIFA Club World Cup. More at: tinyurl.com/3vfbwjnf or tinyurl.com/3cfpudud #FIFA
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7 Secrets of Why There Will be Match-Fixing at the World Cup - Part 2 More at: tinyurl.com/3cfpudud or tinyurl.com/3vfbwjnf #FIFAWorldCup2026 #matchfixing
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7 Secrets of Why There Will be Match-Fixing at the World Cup - Part 2 "Because then you're fucking him around, and he won't like it...You better get a bullet proof fucking vest. This is how fucking dangerous it is ..." More at: lnkd.in/eVKJv3qcor or lnkd.in/ekwFaJw
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7 Secrets of Why There Will be Match-Fixing at the World Cup - Part 2 Fixes & attempted fixes at the 2018 & 2010 World Cups, 2008 Women's World Cup, 1998 World Cup Final (claimed by the match-fixers & Emmanuel Petit) More at: lnkd.in/eVKJv3qc or lnkd.in/ekwFaJw
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7 Secrets of FIFA World Cup Match Fixing My sources for this story are hundreds of players, coaches, referees, national football federation officials, law enforcement and senior FIFA executives & the ex-President Sepp Blatter. tinyurl.com/463ej5ss
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