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Zambia Caught in FIFA Match Fixing Scandal

The Zambian Football Association has come under fire from the international sports authority FIFA, for transferring eight players who were banned from playing due to match fixing charges against them.

This week, FIFA told the Zambian football body that it would be initiating disciplinary proceedings against it, because the players were transferred without an international transfer certificate, as well as outside the registration period.

The Zambian authorities have been invited to explain to FIFA why the players had been allowed to play, and to also produce any appropriate documentation.

Zambia Match Fixing Scandal Revealed

In a statement about the Zambia match fixing scandal, FIFA said: "In addition, the players were all suspended by the Finland Football Association for match fixing offences and these sanctions were extended as to have worldwide effect by the Chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.

FIFA said that at least four of the eight players had played in official matches in Zambia, despite being suspended on a worldwide basis.

In April 2011, the players were banned from all football games and related activity for two years by the Finland Football Association, after they were found guilty of match fixing (which leads to illegal gambling activities), corruption and unsporting behaviour.

FIFA extended their Finnish ban to include play throughout the world.

The international body is accusing the Zambian Football Association of taking over the eight players' registration from the Finnish authorities without proper documents while they were still suspended from the game.

FIFA Trying to Prevent Corruption in Football

FIFA is struggling to prevent match fixing and corruption in the sport, and is currently involved in one of the largest investigations into match fixing which took place over several years and across the world, including Africa.

One of the men allegedly involved in the global match fixing network is Wilson Raj Perumal from Singapore, who was sentenced to two years in prison for fixing football games in Finland. As a result, nine players were suspended.

At the time, the Finnish courts said that Perumal was part of an international group of organised criminals, who managed to influence the matches played by local club Rovaniemi over the course of three years.

Players were paid around $26,500 per match by Perumal for fixing matches, who in turn received around $60,000, as well as betting profits, when the results were fixed.