This is a good article about the smoke and mirrors that goes on behind the scenes.  Who do you think has more control when that is Fifa’s reaction, leagues themselves or the fixers on the outside?

Fifa generated a surplus of $631m between 2007 and 2010. Fifa has over $1.2bn in financial reserves

 

And they don’t want Interpol to investigate anything, just brainstorm and talk to the players, coaches and officials about morality and the in’s and out’s of prison life.

http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2011/05/09/fifas-half-hearted-tackle-on-match-fixing-in-soccer/

Nine people were convicted in the case.  There will always be those who try and beat the system believing the hand is quicker than the eye, and there will always be those who are vulnerable to using a little extra cash for whatever reason.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/8496787/Wilson-Raj-Perumal-the-convicted-match-fixer-who-ran-international-empire-yards-from-Wembley.html

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700142825/Match-fixing-trial-opens-against-10-in-Finland.html