The Big Fix
- Author: Brett Forrest
- Narrator: Alexander Cendese
- Publisher: HarperCollins USA
- Duration: 6:40:33
Synopsis
Game of Shadows meets Among the Thugs in this revelatory true-to-life crime thriller and expose involving greed, corruption, an Asian crime syndicate, and the fixing of international soccer matches at the highest levels of the game, including the UEFA Champions League and the World Cup.
In February 2013, the director of Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, made the shocking announcement that 700 international soccer matches had been fixed since 2008, including World Cup qualifying and exhibition matches, with a Chinese criminal syndicate pulling the strings. For the first time, investigative journalist Brett Forrest takes us inside the underworld of one of organized crime's most profitable businesses—a $1 trillion annual international betting market, of which soccer comprises 70 percent.
Forrest uncovered a web of nefarious dealings across the world, even on U.S. soil. As he found, no match is safe—not even the World Cup tournament—and law enforcement officials lack the resources to stop it. But one man has taken this criminal enterprise on: Chris Eaton, former head of security for FIFA. Now with the International Center for Sports Security in Qatar, this rough and tumble Australian and longtime Interpol cop has tracked down some of the biggest fixers and their financial backers and continues his mission to clean up the world's most popular sport.
Filled with headline making revelations, The Big Fix is must reading for soccer fans and true crime aficionados.
Chapters
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001 - The Big Fix
Duration: 34s -
002 - Chapter 01
Duration: 20min -
003 - Chapter 02
Duration: 09min -
004 - Chapter 03
Duration: 10min -
005 - Chapter 04
Duration: 28min -
006 - Chapter 05
Duration: 11min -
007 - Chapter 06
Duration: 18min -
008 - Chapter 07
Duration: 08min -
009 - Chapter 08
Duration: 27min -
010 - Chapter 09
Duration: 10min -
011 - Chapter 10
Duration: 04min -
012 - Chapter 11
Duration: 05min -
013 - Chapter 12
Duration: 11min -
014 - Chapter 13
Duration: 15min -
015 - Chapter 14
Duration: 06min -
016 - Chapter 15
Duration: 03min -
017 - Chapter 16
Duration: 03min -
018 - Chapter 17
Duration: 05min -
019 - Chapter 18
Duration: 19min -
020 - Chapter 19
Duration: 06min
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