(dailynewyorknews) – The head of the security FIFA told that match-fixing in soccer is driven by an illegal betting market value of $ 1 trillion and says governments must work together to eradicate the problem.

Chris Eaton, a former head of the international agency Interpol crime, was accused by the world football governing body with the breakdown of a lucrative underground industry.

The Australian says that the amount of money involved in criminal gangs modern football alerted to the possibility of making large sums of money trying to influence the outcome of high level matches.

“We’re talking international Transcontinental crime, organized takes advantage of the huge pot of money available in the game world,” he told CNN’s Pedro Pinto.

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“Most of this is in the market for illegal gambling outside South Asia. The estimates range between 500 billion to $ 1 trillion we’re talking about money attracts organized crime, of course, because it is money or digital cash. ”

FIFA said on Tuesday it would appeal to Interpol to help in the fight against match-fixing, the establishment of an amnesty for those who provide relevant information and to send representatives to Asia, America and Middle East to try to solve the problem .

He has also published a document sent by Raj Perumal Wilson, a Singapore-based in London that specializes in arranging parties, the trial of an indefinite national team conceding two goals in each half of the $ 100,000 reward.

He is currently serving a prison sentence of two years.

Eaton said FIFA should send a clear message in 2012 is going to prosecute those involved in the binding.

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“We have to define a baseline of behavior of the players, referees and administrators understand that if you cross that line, FIFA will take action against you and you will not be involved in football again,” he said.

“This is not ad-hoc opportunistic match-fixing, is criminally planned sports scores and manipulation that requires the collective commitment of governments.”

Eaton said there were no specific allegations in relation to the major European competitions like the English Premier League, but said the scope of certain gangs can not be underestimated.

“We can not say that just because a particular league is the richest or the most watched in the world that is free from criminal infiltration,” he said.

“Nothing is certain. We have credible claims of major regional and international friendly competition. These are high level coincides with someone’s imagination.”

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/10/sport/football/football-fifa-match-fixing/index.html?hpt=isp_c1