ROME (AP) -- More than 50 people were arrested or detained throughout Italy on Tuesday and more than 70 placed under investigation as part of a widespread match-fixing inquiry led by anti-Mafia prosecutors in the southern town of Catanzaro.
The sweep involves ''dozens'' of fixed matches in Italian football's third and fourth division, police said.
Charges include criminal association aimed at sports fraud, with some linked to Mafia organizations - in particular to the 'ndrangheta organized crime syndicate.
The sweep shows ''how the ramifications of the 'ndrangheta have reached a high level not only in the classic areas where criminal gangs operate but also in the world of sports,'' anti-Mafia investigator Renato Cortese said at a news conference to detail the probe labeled ''Dirty Soccer.