UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body took the decision last Thursday regarding the Bosnian match official, who has been handed a permanent ban from "any football activities", after studying information supplied from an ongoing investigation led by German police.

Two further match officials have received bans after being found in breach of "the principles of loyalty and integrity under Article 5 of the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations".

Tomislav Setka, an assistant referee from Croatia, has been suspended until June 30, 2011, while Oleg Oriekhov, a referee from Ukraine, has been suspended provisionally for 30 days, with the latter's case to be heard on March 18.

Platini told www.uefa.com: "I promised strong and positive action against anyone we find in the game guilty of any form of corruption or match-fixing.

"The announcement that the UEFA disciplinary authorities have recently banned two referees - one for life - are still investigating a third while exonerating a fourth, means that we are now putting into action those words."

The UEFA president added: "Considerable work is now under way within UEFA to seek out and punish those who are found to be involved in match-fixing and illegal betting - a truly negative phenomenon which poses a real and serious threat to the integrity of our game.

"UEFA and the UEFA Executive Committee continue to emphasise that there will be no tolerance shown towards anyone who is guilty of corruption. Recent events now prove this.

"Players and coaches are on our side. They have to stand up for their own game, as football is their game and their future.

"The football family can help us. UEFA is their home - and they will find the support they need from UEFA to fight match-fixing."

All three rulings are subject to appeal.

In another case, UEFA's panel ruled no action would be taken against Bulgarian referee Anton Genov following investigations relating to irregular betting patterns.

Twelve matches in the Europa League and three in the Champions League are among around 200 games being looked at by UEFA as part of an investigation into alleged match-fixing headed up by the authorities in Bochum, which began last year.

In November, UEFA met with nine national football associations - from Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, Switzerland and Turkey - to discuss the investigation into the alleged manipulation of both domestic and continental matches.

Peter Limacher, UEFA's head of disciplinary services, has previously described the scandal as the biggest to affect European football.

And Platini has long insisted that UEFA are taking a "zero tolerance" policy to those found guilty of corruption.