In Cape Town, South Africa, the excitement is almost tangible, as the city gets ready for the 2010 football World Cup. Team draws took place on Friday, and the media reports showed that FIFA, the international governing body, are serious about combating the threat of corruption around sports betting for the World Cup. FIFA have enlisted the help of Interpol to ensure that match-fixers are found and prosecuted.

Since there have been a number of major European match scams, where more than 200 matches are currently under investigation for alleged match-fixing, and 17 people have already been arrested, FIFA felt it was time to take action to ensure that there is no match-fixing for the World Cup, and for other matches in the future.

There were many who gathered together in order to draw the teams for the football World Cup, which made it a good opportunity to have a meeting in order to discuss the issues surrounding match-fixing, and explain how Interpol, the International Police Association, are going to be creating an international task force to deal with these issues in football betting, as well as other sports betting.

After the meeting was over, the president of FIFA, Sepp Blatter said: “We have received wonderful support in the fight to prevent football being hostage for illegal activities. We cannot easily go to courts but we have now found a partner in Interpol. This means all the present control systems Рthe FIFA early-warning for international matches, another for UEFA plus the German Radar system will be put together.”