INTERPOL Integrity in Sport Bi-Weekly Bulletin - 4 June 2019 - 17 June

France's Service Central des Courses et Jeux (SCCJ) opened an investigation for organized crime, bribery and money laundering following the football matches between Sochaux-Grenoble and Rodez-Lyon Duchère.

The President of the Spanish Football Association (RFEF) will be investigated as part of wider probe into corruption in La Liga. The former president of the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) has been banned from soccer for life after FIFA’s ethics committee found him guilty of abusing his position and sexually abusing female players.

In Georgia, five soccer players have been banned after admitting their role in a match-fixing case. In Russia, three soccer players have been banned for three years each in a match-fixing case.

The Electronic Sports League (ESL) found Black Dragons guilty of unsportsmanlike behaviour and providing misleading information during a LATAM Pro League Season 9. As a result of the ruling, Black Dragons have received two major penalty points in total, one for not being able to show up on schedule, and the other for deliberately causing internet issues that led to them intentionally forfeiting.

In the United States, seven individuals were arrested for their involvement in an illegal New York gambling operation that was linked to Costa Rica.

Italy is the 6th state that ratified the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions, following ratifications by Norway, Portugal, Ukraine, Moldova and Switzerland.

Betting integrity body ESSA has relaunched as the International Betting Integrity Association in June 2019. Track and field's world governing body will change its name from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to World Athletics in October 2019.

In view of protecting and safeguarding the integrity of the FIFA Women’s World Cup France^TM, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has put together a taskforce, composed by key organisations, including French authorities (ARJEL, FDJ, police), INTERPOL, the Council of Europe’s Group of Copenhagen (GoC) and the Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS).

INTERPOL and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have provided integrity in sport investigators’ training for law enforcement agencies and sports governing bodies to strengthen Portugal’s efforts in investigating and sanctioning competition manipulation in sports. The two-day event <https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2019/INTERPOL-and-IOC-enhancing-sports-corruption-investigation-in-Portugal> (4 and 5 June) was hosted in close cooperation with the Portuguese Judiciary Police and the Olympic Committee of Portugal, with the support of Sportradar.

Lastly, we would like to share with you the Badminton World Federation (BWF) 2018 Annual Report, in particular Chapter 5 <https://annualreport.bwfbadminton.com/2018/80-1> which includes the integrity report Sport Integrity – Clean and Fair Competition.

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, 1 July 2019.

Tuesday, 18 June 2019