Inside Asian Gaming

March 2013 | INSIDE ASIAN GAMING 13 caught up to the scale of the problem.” As for the elusive Mr Tan, he “is currently assisting Singapore authorities in their investigations,” according to a statement issued by police there. He remains a free man, and to date, the city-state’s powers have not been inclined to interfere with that. Italian authorities say if they can’t get their hands on him they may try him in absentia. Of what value this would be beyond the “symbolic importance” attributed to COVER STORY China’s Super League has in the past been deemed too corrupt to televise. It was to the Philippines that Vietnamese authorities traced a gambling ring they busted in January that was moving millions out of their country on a daily basis. One seized account contained the equivalent of US$470 million. “It’s definitely beyond and above the world of sport, above and beyond FIFA,” says Interpol’s Ron Noble. “It’s fair to say we haven’t caught up to the scale of the problem.” it by FIFA’s current head of security, Ralf Mutschke, is impossible to say. “You give him a name, so everyone is talking about Dan Tan and Dan Tan syndicates and Dan Tan here and Dan Tan there,”he told AP .“If we kill Dan Tan then you will have no match-fixing? No, I think it’s not as easy as this.”