A Spanish police investigation has led to the arrests of several players in relation to alleged match - fixing in the country 's top flight football divisions . La Liga filed a report with police over potential misconduct in a march 2018 fixture , which led to the arrest of members of a possible organised criminal gang , which allegedly sought to profit from the match - fixing scheme . The top - flight league has also reportedly made eight further complaints to the police and sent 18 alerts to the general directorate of gaming over similar cases in lower divisions , as well as low - profile friendlies between foreign clubs in Spain .
A Spanish police investigation has led to the arrest of several individuals in relation to alleged match-fixing in the country's top two football divisions. La Liga filed a report with police over potential misconduct in a May 2018 fixture, which led to the arrests of members of a possible organised criminal gang, which allegedly sought to profit from the match-fixing scheme. The top-flight league has also reportedly made eight further complaints to the police and sent 18 alerts to the general directorate of gaming over similar cases in lower divisions, as well as low-profile friendlies between foreign clubs in Spain.