( CNN ) -- A man believed to be at the center of a global football match-fixing ring is co-operating with authorities in Singapore , it was announced on Friday . Singaporean businessman Tan Seet Eng , also known as Dan Tan , is thought to be a key figure in an ongoing investigation into corruption in soccer by global law enforcers Interpol . The news follows Thursday 's arrest of Admir Suljic in Italy , a 31-year-old Slovenian who has been accused of being directly involved with a transnational criminal group targeted by Interpol 's `` Last Bet '' investigation . The group , thought to be composed of individuals from Singapore and the Balkans , is said to have influenced the results of Italian league matches in the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons . `` The Singapore authorities have been offering assistance and sharing available information with affected countries and will continue to do so , '' read a statement from Singapore police . `` Dan Tan Seet Eng , a Singaporean who has been named in reports so far , is currently assisting Singapore authorities in their investigations . '' Police in the Asian country passed on information to Interpol which made possible the arrest of Suljic , who had been a fugitive since December 2011 . The statement continued : `` In response to media queries , the Singapore Police Force confirms that it had informed Interpol National Central Bureau ( NCB ) Rome and Interpol 's Command and Coordination Centre at Interpol HQ in Lyon , France of the travel plans of a person wanted by the Italian authorities for investigations into match-fixing . `` The Singapore Police provided this information as part of the regular and ongoing exchange that the Singapore Police Force has with its counterparts . `` The person has since been arrested by the Italian authorities and NCB Rome has sent a message to NCB Singapore thanking the Police for its support in this matter . '' Earlier this month , senior European crime fighters Europol detailed how match-fixing had reached the upper echelons of European football . Two matches in the continent 's leading club competition , the European Champions League , were among 380 matches in 15 different countries deemed suspicious by Europol . Rob Wainwright , director of the European law enforcement agency , branded it `` a sad day for European football '' while the general secretary of football 's global governing body FIFA told CNN match-fixing was a `` disease . '' Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua were stripped of a domestic league title won in 2003 and fined $ 160,000 on Tuesday following a crackdown on corruption . Shenhua were one of 12 clubs involved , along with 33 individuals . Four former China national team players and a former World Cup referee were banned for life , having been jailed a year ago for the same offenses .
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