INTERPOL Integrity in Sport Bi-Weekly Bulletin - 25 December 2018 - 7 January 2019
The INTERPOL Integrity in Sports Team would like to wish you a happy and healthy 2019!
In an ongoing match-fixing investigation in Indonesian Football, the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) has banned a second-tier club from the domestic league. The anti-mafia task force of the Indonesian National Police arrested an executive member of the PSSI, while another Football Association executive member was banned and fined. The police probed the sports ministry secretary to provide testimonies as well.
In India, a senior Congress MP has introduced the Sports, Online Gaming & Prevention of Fraud Bill in the Lower House of the Indian Parliament. The bill sets to legalize sports gambling across the Indian market and protect the integrity of sports within the newly regulated market. The Bill includes the establishment of a regulatory Gaming Commission.
In Sri Lanka, the International Cricket Council reportedly set up a permanent Anti-Corruption Unit office in Sri Lanka, supported by the government of Sri Lanka, in order to curb match-fixing and related corruption. The government is planning to incorporate a law to prevent match fixing in the Sports Law shortly.
As another example of best practice, a match-fixing Foundation was created by a former Zambian ex-striker, who was tried, convicted and given a suspended jail sentence by a Finnish court for match-fixing after appeal.
In the field of doping, Wada is under pressure to ban Russia again after the Russian Authorities deadline to hand over doping data from the Moscow Lab lapsed. Wada’s athletes body adds to pressure for a new ban. Five weightlifters, including two Olympic champions, have been provisionally suspended after London 2012 retests came back positive.
We welcome submissions on best practices, major developments, new trends and relevant articles for publication in the bulletin. We also welcome hard copies of publications that your Organization is producing in the field of sports corruption at the below address.
The next bi-weekly bulletin will be circulated on Monday, 21 January 2018.
- 2012 London Olympic Games Anti-Corruption Anti-Doping Betting Compliance Review Committee (CRC) Cricket Football Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) Gambling India Indonesia Indonesian Football Association (Exco) International Cricket Council (ICC) International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) London 2012 Match Fixing Olympic Russia Sports betting Sri Lanka UKAD Anti-Doping Rules Ukraine Weightlifting World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Zambia Zimbabwe
