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FIFA president Blatter says most match-fixing cases in Europol report were already handled

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Britain's Rob Wainwright, second from left, director of the European police agency Europol, takes his seat prior to elaborating on findings of a probe into soccer match fixing during a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday Feb. 4, 2013. The European police agency is unveiling results of a major investigation across the continent into match fixing in football, including what it is calling "top international games." From left to right are Friedhelm Althans, chief investigator Buchum police, Germany, Wainwright, Andreas Bachmann Bochum prosecution service, Germany, and Ari Karvonen, head of organized crime investigation, Finland. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) (The Associated Press)

Britain's Rob Wainwright, director of the European police agency Europol, center left, elaborates on findings of a probe into soccer match fixing during a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday Feb. 4, 2013. The European police agency is unveiling results of a major investigation across the continent into match fixing in football, including what it is calling "top international games." The presentation will likely be one of the most comprehensive overviews yet of rigging games. Investigators from Germany, Finland, Hungary and Slovenia are presenting the results of probes into the murky world of fixing matches and the huge sums of money involved. Football already has been rocked by several match-fixing cases, most notably in Germany and Italy. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) (The Associated Press)

FIFA President Sepp Blatter says most allegations of match-fixing raised by Europol this week were previously dealt with.

Blatter says "most of the matches which they put in this tray, 600 or 800, have already been analyzed, dealt with and even were at court."

At Europol's briefing in the Netherlands, the police liaison agency said it knew of 380 suspicious matches played in Europe in recent years and 300 more worldwide, including national team matches under FIFA's jurisdiction.

Blatter also told reporters that countries should change their laws to help soccer prosecute match-fixing cases.

Blatter says fixing for illegal betting scams is "pure delinquency" and "we're fighting that."

The FIFA leader visited Mauritania on a tour of African countries before attending the Cup of Nations final in Johannesburg on Sunday.