FIFA targets informers to help fight match-fixing

FIFA is working with informers inside organized crime syndicates to help protect the World Cup from match-fixing and betting plots.FIFAs security director Chris Eaton says his investigations team is developing sources both in criminal organizations and football that will advise us.He tells FIFAs website that infiltration of serious criminals into some of footballs 208 national associations is the most pressing issue to stop international matches being fixed for profit.Eaton believes the 2014 World Cup is most at risk in qualifiers involving teams which are unlikely to reach the finals in Brazil.FIFA will open a whistleblowers hotline next month offering rewards and amnesties if players, referees and officials provide information.