INTERPOL Integrity in Sport Bi-Weekly Bulletin - 6-19 March 2017
In this edition, we are following the investigation of match-fixing in Cricket, in Pakistan. Another player has now been charged and temporarily suspended. Several other investigations are ongoing at the same time regarding cases in suspicious betting, and accusations of match-fixing in Malaysian football.
One step forward towards anti match-fixing legislation: Germany recently passed a law against match-fixing and betting fraud. This will certainly encourage countries who have not yet passed laws against competition manipulation to move forward. It is also worth mentioning that the Euro Cup 2016 was one of the biggest competitions placed under surveillance at a national level to counter competition manipulation, created by Arjel, the National Olympic Committee, the Ministry of Sports, and other relevant bodies.
The Integrity in Sports Programme is still involved in many events around the world in the upcoming month to raise awareness on the severity of match-fixing, among other crimes in sports.
- Anti-Corruption Anti-Doping Australia Cyprus Cyprus Football Association (CFA) Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ) FIFA Football Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) France Indonesia Integrity Malaysia Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Match-Fixing National Rugby League (NRL) Nigeria Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Olympic Pakistan Pakistan Super League (PSL) Paralympic Rugby Russia South Korea United Kingdom (UK) WADA Speak Up! World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
