Corruption

World: UNODC, ICSS launch guide for ‘fixing’ investigation

Following on from the partnership signed last year at the 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) launched a new resource guide on August 23rd 2016 to help law enforcement and sports organisations better detect and investigate match-fixing and cases of sports-results manipulation.

The new UNODC-ICSS guide provides comprehensive information on the different factors, approaches and practical investigation techniques needed to conduct effective investigations into match-fixing. It also provides guidance on how law enforcement and sport organisations, and other relevant stakeholders, can effectively work together to detect and investigate match-fixing across different jurisdictions.

Over 40 experts contributed to the development of the resource guide, including officials from Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the International Olympic Committee, INTERPOL, the European Commission, World Snooker and Ministries of Justice from France and the Republic of Korea.