Sports betting and corruption: How to preserve the - SportAccord

Sports betting and corruption: How to preserve the integrity of sport
FOR THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
Regulation of the sports betting offering
� Establishment within national regulatory authorities of units dedicated to the integrity of
sports betting, which will serve as an interface between operators, the sports movement, and
the police, intelligence and justice departments.
� Obligation for operators to have operating licences issued by the regulator acting in
conjunction with the sporting organisations and defining the scope of the offering.
� Obligation for operators to provide a detailed report of activities every quarter relating to
income from bets on competitions (volumes by competition and team, obligation to declare
instances on the basis of predefined thresholds).
� More generally, the introduction of tools to regulate sports betting so as to make it less
attractive to organised crime.
Fraud control
� Centralisation of operators monitoring schemes (subject to an obligation to declare
suspicions) and cross-checking of all data available on the regulated market (principle of a
safe).
� Interface with sports organisations when irregular bets are detected, and an obligation for
sports organisations to monitor same.
� Some sports disciplines with less media coverage receive large amounts of public financing.
States could use this lever to oblige these federations to adopt anti-corruption measures.
� Cooperation (after the event) with the law, the police and intelligence services.
Legal remedies
� Punishment of fraud in sport by the creation of a field of offence with stronger sanctions when
this is connected with sports betting.
� Draw inspiration from existing measures used in financial markets to combat stock exchange
abuses (insider information, manipulation of financial instruments and spreading false
information) 140 to create a legal arsenal specific to sports betting.
� Establishment within the Criminal Investigation Department of a competent national authority
tasked with combating corruption in sport.
� Raising awareness among those involved in combating crime, in particular the intelligence
services.
� Listing of structures combating corruption and their contribution to the specific issue of fraud
in sport.
� Opportunity for NGOs fighting against corruption to bring independent action in instances of
corruption in sport.
� Extend the seizure of criminal assets to instances of corruption in sport 141 .
140 Cf. Directive 2003/6/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 28 January 2003 relating to insider trading
and stock market manipulation, the aim of which is to protect the integrity of the financial markets and maintain public
confidence.
141 Cf. Les compétences en France de l Agence de gestion et de recouvrement des avoirs saisis et confisqués (AGRASC),
instaurée en octobre 2011 : http://www.textes.justice.gouv.fr/art_pix/JUSD1103707C.pdf
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