The SocZ will partner with the head of the non-profit Chinese Football Association, which oversees Chinese soccer, including amateur and professional leagues.

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In 2009 the Chinese Football Association (CFA) launched an investigation into corruption in 2009 in an attempt to clean up their game.

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They include gambling organizations controlling teams and players, the head of the Chinese Football Association helping fix matches and even entire squads of players throwing games to win bets for themselves and the crime syndicates backing them.

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Detained Chinese Football Association chief Nan Yong, whose career survived a similar 2001 match-fixing scandal, has been linked in this investigation by state media reports to such loot as a villa, precious watches, gold, diamonds and cash.

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During the period of arrests, the sometimes daily disappearance into custody of another Chinese Football Association (CFA) official, club manager, referee or player was heralded only by ominous press reports noting that "X has not answered his phone for two days" or "Y was not seen at training on Monday".

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