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Transparency International UK is launching new guidance designed to assist football club officials to prevent match-fixing
On the 2nd September, Transparency International UK will launch its new guidance, Safeguarding the Beautiful Game: A Guide to Preventing Match-Fixing in Football at Club Level.
Reports of match-fixing linked to corrupt sports gambling has been on the increase in recent years. To address the problem football authorities have introduced a number of counter-measures. But more needs to be done to educate those directly targeted by match-fixers on the risks they face, how they might be approached and the action they should take to protect themselves and the integrity of their club and their sport.
This guide is targeted at football club officials and those who work with football players at all levels in the United Kingdom. Please join us for this panel discussion and drinks reception to mark the launch of this report.
To register for this event, please email events@transparency.org.uk
Project background
This guide has been developed as part of Staying on Side: How to Stop Match-Fixing Transparency International’s first multi-country project specifically relating to corruption and sport. TI has chosen to focus on match-fixing in football because it is a clear manifestation of corruption and can lead to other illegal activities, such as money laundering. Because of football’s global popularity and the fact that the online betting market is now worth $700 billion annually, match-fixing has attracted the attention of criminals and organised crime.The Staying on Side project has been commissioned and funded by the European Commission and European Professional Football Leagues. The project aims to build a strategic partnership between football leagues and anti -corruption associations in six European countries, as well as at the regional level.
Sport is a multi-billion dollar business, with intricate ties to political and private interests. As we navigate through the current wave of allegations of corruption in football, athletics, cricket and global sports governance in general, there has never been a more appropriate time to discuss the ways that sports are vulnerable to corruption, and the detrimental effect that this abuse of power can have on the sector.
The Global Corruption Report (GCR) on sport is the most comprehensive analysis of sports corruption to date. It consists of more than 60 contributions from leading experts in the fields of corruption and sport, from sports organisations, governments, multilateral institutions, sponsors, athletes, supporters, academia and the wider anti-corruption movement.
Join us as we officially launch the Global Corruption Report (GCR) on sport, featuring comprehensive analysis of leading experts from sports organisations, governments, multilateral institutions, sponsors, athletes, supporters, academia and the wider anti-corruption movement.
You will also hear from leading figures in the sporting and anti-corruption worlds in a panel discussion with:
- Pâquerette Girard Zappelli, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, International Olympic Committee
- Jaimie Fuller, Chairman Skins / Founder New FIFA Now
- Ben Shave, Supporters Direct Europe
- Andrew Durant, Head of |Forensic Investigations, FTI Consulting
- Deborah Unger, Transparency International
Programme:
18:30 - Registration
19:00 - Welcome and opening remark, Robert Barrington, Executive Director, Transparency International, UK
19:05 - Presentation of 2015 Global Corruption Report (GCR) on sport, Deborah Unger, Rapid Response Unit Manager, Transparency International
19:15 - Panel discussion led by Peter Van Veen, Business Integrity Programme Director, Transparency International, UK
20:00 - Q&A
20:25 - Closing remarks by Peter Van Veen, followed by drinks/canapés
21:30 - Close
Register at: foulplay.eventbrite.co.uk
Sport is a multi-billion pound resources-resources-business. It has intricate ties to political and private interests. This means rich opportunities for corruption.
Date & Time: 03rd June 2013, 18:30-20:45
Location: Norton Rose, 3 More London Riverside, SE1 2AQ, London, United Kingdom
Sport is a multi-billion pound resources-resources-business. It has intricate ties to political and private interests. This means rich opportunities for corruption. Yet across the sporting sector, most deals and decisions take place behind closed doors.
Sport is a multi-billion pound resources-resources-business. It has intricate ties to political and private interests. This means rich opportunities for corruption. Yet across the sporting sector, most deals and decisions take place behind closed doors, allowing corruption to go unchecked and unpunished.
The Corruption in the UK report from Transparency International UK (TI-UK) revealed that sport is seen by the UK public as the second most corrupt sector in the country. Not suprising following the recent cases of spot fixing in cricket doping in cycling and the scandal over corruption in FIFA.
Sean Hamil (Director Birkbeck Sport Business Centre) will open the event, presenting TI-UK's research into match-fixing in football. This will be followed by a panel discussion on how match-fixing in football can be tackled and on the issue of corruption in sport as a whole. There will be the chance to put questions to the panel.
We do hope you will be able to join us for what should be a both interesting and enjoyable evening.
Timing
18.00 Registration
18.30 Presentation followed by a panel discussion with audience Q&A
20.15 Drinks reception
20.45 Close
This event is part of an EU funded project on match-fixing.
