In June 2002, the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption boss Lord Condon told a meeting at Lord's his team was now "on top" of match-fixing.
However, the former Metropolitan Police chief added: "We certainly cannot be complacent." The ICC's announcement that Kenya's Maurice Odumbe is under investigation for "inappropriate contact with a bookmaker" and "influencing the result of matches" proves that.
But the naming of Odumbe is a significant step for Condon's Anti Corruption and Security Unit.
The former Kenya captain is the first player even to be publicly named in connection with corruption by the unit, now in its fourth year of existence.
After investigations at national level in 2000, life bans were handed to former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin and Pakistan's Salim Malik.
Both men are currently involved in court proceedings to clear their names, claiming those investigations were flawed.
Former South Africa skipper Hansie Cronje is the only person to have admitted affecting events within matches, although he denied rigging results. He died in a plane crash in 2002.
Since then names have been whispered - often the same names - but no cricketer has been proven to be involved in corruption or suitably punished. Letters made public last month from Condon to the Pakistan Cricket Board, concerning "under-performance" by Pakistan in 2002, highlighted that doubts still remain.
Condon's letter refers to: "A variety of sources, including match officials, players, informants, journalists and police."
However, the ACSU faces countless hurdles in investigating corruption and securing punishments.
Its jurisdiction extends only to cricket stadiums, although the London-based team acts as "private investigators" worldwide.
The team often helps local police with investigations, as in the recent case of money found in Sri Lanka batsman Marvan Atapattu's hotel room.
"The unit don't have the investigative authority of a judicial force," ICC spokesman Brendan McClements told BBC Sport.
 Azharuddin is going through the courts to over-turn his life ban |
"But they have built relationships with local law enforcement and have good intelligence gathering networks." Criminal sentences would rest on differing laws around the 10 Test-playing nations - plus Kenya, where the latest allegations have come from, and neutal venues where many matche stake place.
The ICC's code of conduct threatens specific bans for involvement in match-fixing.
But as the cases of Azharuddin and Malik have show, any punishment meted out must be based on water-tight proof or the courts will soon become involved.
The unit has had to be content instead with putting measures in place to make life as difficult as possible for would-be fixers.
Since September 2002, security managers have been present at every international match in an attempt to keep corrupt figures away from players and act as intelligence-gatherers.
Hotel lobbies and the areas around dressing-rooms at venues have come in for particular scrutiny, with cameras put in place around stadiums.
Lord Condon knows his battle is continuing, and that he and his staff must always be on guard.
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The unit don't have the investigative authority of a judicial force but they have built relationships with local law enforcement 