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Football needs tough anti-money laundering rules

18 September 2015 in Financial Integrity, Sport

With the summer ending, football all over Europe is in full swing. The highest player transfer dealings in history have closed and this week the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, one of the world’s richest football competitions, has just kicked off. Yet transparency remains weak in this increasingly rich sector and as a result, […]

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Efforts to educate players and officials about match-fixing must be increased

29 November 2013 in Accountability, Anti-corruption movement, Cost of Corruption, Private sector, Sport

Six people were arrested in the United Kingdom this week on suspicion of match-fixing following an undercover sting operation. It’s not yet clear what games were targeted, but one player named is a former Premier League striker, now playing in a lower division. The fixer is alleged to have come from Singapore, the centre of […]

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