Finnish police have arrested a convicted Singaporean match-fixer linked to corruption cases in Europe and Australia, the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Wilson Raj Perumal was detained last week in Helsinki after an international arrest warrant was issued by Singaporean authorities, the paper said.

"The police will investigate, after that it will be judged if he can be extradited", said Jari Nieminen, who is leading the investigation.

In July 2011 Perumal was convicted by a Finnish court for rigging around 30 matches between 2008 and 2011.

He served half of a two-year sentence before being extradited by authorities to Budapest to assist in match-fixing trials in Hungary.