Global mafias are using corrupt nations in west Africa to run their syndicates and the area is now a ''hole in the wall'' in the international fight against organised crime, says the former head of Britain's top police unit

Football's world governing body Fifa has asked the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) to take urgent action on the match-fixing scandal that has rocked the country

When Bahrain’s national football team cruised to a 3 – 0 win over their rivals from Togo even their own coach was surprised by the ease of their victory

Netcare to appear in court in South Africa in November accused of running kidney transplant scam at its hospitals