But unlike previous match-fixing probes that have targeted individual teams or leagues, this one depicts a complex global organization with the power to reach across continents and influence match results from the lower leagues of smaller countries to the world's most prestigious international competitions.

WSJ: Singapore Steps Up Probe of Soccer Match-Fixing

But unlike previous match-fixing probes that have targeted individual teams or leagues, Europol's current effort depicts a complex global organization with the power to reach across continents and influence match results from the lower leagues of smaller countries to the world's most prestigious international competitions.

WSJ: Singapore Says Suspect Is Helping Soccer Probe

The police probes and legal maneuvers responding to the discovery are quickly becoming a tangled web -- much like the complex supply chain of the meat products themselves.

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