Sports betting and corruption: How to preserve the - SportAccord

Sports betting and corruption: How to preserve the integrity of sport
of its own competitions, but it cannot take disciplinary measures in cases of corruption relating to
national competitions or championships. The network of integrity officers will however enable better
dissemination and feedback of information. They will also be in contact with the law enforcement
authorities in their country, and will be in a position to provide information on the legal framework
and any proceedings instituted.
The primary responsibility of the sports movement is to prevent the risk by factoring it into its
regulations and providing tools to raise awareness and procedures to feed back information.
2. Strengthening investigation and sanction methods
As sport becomes increasingly important due to globalisation, the risks incurred justify the strong
involvement of the public authorities in attacking any abuses to which the world of sport is exposed.
This applies in a general way to surveillance for the purposes of good governance of sport. We have
seen how some clubs can become instruments for Mafia activities. Such examples lead us to question
the responsibility of states in the regulation of sport. The autonomy of the sports movement must not
hamper the fight against crime and fraud in sport. The public authorities must therefore be involved. It
is as much a question of anticipating by collecting and sharing intelligence upstream to attack criminal
organisations that orchestrate corruption in sport (and therefore, understanding their development) as it
is one of having tools of sanction to dissuade (in advance) or crack down on (after the event) all those
who allow themselves to be tempted by these manipulations.
In the face of transnational criminal organisations:
the need for intelligence and international police coordination
Departments responsible for intelligence must be made aware of, and tasked with watching out for,
corruption in sport.
Types of crime have changed with globalisation, and Mafia organisations have adapted to the new
post-Cold War environment, particularly during the past 15 years that have seen the exponential
growth of the Internet. They have also diversified their activities.
-The evolution of modern organised crime
Over the past 20 years, what were originally regional crime organisations with a strong family
structure have expanded to become international, multi-faced corporations . These criminal
organisations have taken advantage of changes in regulations, weaknesses in legal and judicial
systems, the opening up of borders and the growth in free trade.
Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, criminal groups and traditional Mafia entities existed in the West.
Some of these entities migrated to America - and particularly the United States - as a result of
economic, social and political crises. Successive waves of immigration led to an aggregation of
criminal groups with varying origins. These traditional criminal organisations relied on two pillars
to enable their expansion:
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