INTERPOL Integrity in Sport Bi-Weekly Bulletin - 30 April 2019 - 20 May 2019
The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) suspended and fined a Colombian tennis coach after being found guilty to have traded wild cards in return for payment at a number of tennis tournaments in 2017. The TIU found an Egyptian tennis player guilty of three charges, including attempting to contrive the outcome of a match, failing to report a corrupt approach and failing to disclose knowledge of the corrupt activity of another party. Another Egyptian tennis player has received a suspended sentence and fine after being found guilty of failing to report corrupt approaches to the TIU.
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) temporarily suspended three referees due to bribery allegations. The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) decided to throw out club Vereya of their domestic league after repeated warnings from Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) over suspected match-fixing.
Police in Hong Kong (China) arrested 135 individuals during raids on illegal gambling dens. In China, police dismantled a $312 million gambling ring that was associated with a betting website in the Philippines.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) successfully retrieved 2,262 samples from the Moscow Laboratory. The International Cycling Union (UCI) confirmed that a Slovenian rider has been suspended for potential doping violations along with other cyclists from Slovenia, Italy and Croatia who have been provisionally suspended as part of Operation Aderlass doping inquiry.
The Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions, also known as the Macolin Convention, will enter into force on 1 September. Switzerland recently became the fifth Council of Europe (CoE) member state to ratify the convention – following Norway, Portugal, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine – triggering its entry into force.
With Japan set to host major sports events such as the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and the 2019 Rugby World Cup, INTERPOL and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have organized an event (15-16 May 2019) on protecting the integrity of sports where more than 80 representatives from Japanese law enforcement, government, sports federations, the Japanese Olympic Committee, the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and the Olympic movement were present.
We welcome submissions on best practices, major developments, new trends and relevant articles for publication in the bulletin.
The next bi-weekly bulletin will be circulated on Monday, 3 June 2019.
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