<p>Italian police arrested a fugitive Slovenian associate of alleged soccer match-fixing kingpin Tan Seet Eng on Thursday after he flew in from Singapore to hand himself over, they said in a statement. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The man, identified as 31-year-old Admir Suljic, arrived at Milan’s Malpensa airport in the early hours to find police waiting for him after a tip-off by Singapore authorities. <br /><br />Police said in a statement that Suljic, who is accused of “criminal association aimed at sporting fraud”, had bought a one-way ticket with the intention of surrendering to the authorities. <br /><br />He had been on the run since December, 2011, and is considered a “key element’’ in Italy's ‘Last Bet’ probe into match-fixing between 2009 and 2011. Police said Suljic would be taken to a prison in the city of Cremona. <br /><br />“His direct involvement in the international criminal group, made of Singapore nationals and people from the Balkans, has emerged from the investigation,” the police statement said. <br />Italian prosecutors have accused Tan, also known as Dan Tan, of heading an organisation to fix soccer matches worldwide and Italian police have issued an arrest warrant for him. <br /></p>
<p>Italian police arrested a fugitive Slovenian associate of alleged soccer match-fixing kingpin Tan Seet Eng on Thursday after he flew in from Singapore to hand himself over, they said in a statement. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The man, identified as 31-year-old Admir Suljic, arrived at Milan’s Malpensa airport in the early hours to find police waiting for him after a tip-off by Singapore authorities. <br /><br />Police said in a statement that Suljic, who is accused of “criminal association aimed at sporting fraud”, had bought a one-way ticket with the intention of surrendering to the authorities. <br /><br />He had been on the run since December, 2011, and is considered a “key element’’ in Italy's ‘Last Bet’ probe into match-fixing between 2009 and 2011. Police said Suljic would be taken to a prison in the city of Cremona. <br /><br />“His direct involvement in the international criminal group, made of Singapore nationals and people from the Balkans, has emerged from the investigation,” the police statement said. <br />Italian prosecutors have accused Tan, also known as Dan Tan, of heading an organisation to fix soccer matches worldwide and Italian police have issued an arrest warrant for him. <br /></p>