SANCTIONS SPORT CORRUPTION BAROMETER 2020 INVESTIGATIONS

RISING TRENDS IN MODUS OPERANDI 2020 TRENDS

RISING TRENDS IN
CORRUPTION TYPE % Investigations in 2020:
Re-emergence of Illegal betting remains New sports have
sport events (e.g., an important sports been targeted (e.g.,
Competition
ghostmatches) for the corruption enabler Darts, Table Tennis) for
Competing under eRace data fabrication Betting on own manipulation
sole purpose of betting for law enforcement betting corruption
different names in matches agencies worldwide
eSports Money laundering Basketball Boxing Cricket

Ticket resale

Doping
Online Money transfers Spot-fixing eMatch fixing
Fake events (e.g., Darts eSports Football
exhibition tournaments)
and ghost matches

Focus on lower-stakes
events
Horse Racing Table Tennis Tennis

Financial vulnerabilities
due to C19 impact
has  corruption risk
Illegal betting
overall
23% 62% 33%
25 Number of cases
 in Investigations C-19 has led to a Investigations  by
Sanctions  by  in # of countries  in # of sports constant 2019 and 2020
with football sanctions with sanctions
and Sentences/ backlog of cases 8
Sanctions in eSports related to sport fraud
27% 41%
2019 2020
Proportion of Sanctions across fewer sports
In 2020
9%
26%
9%
8%
(2020) Asia
Sentences and Sentences and Fewer event 68%
5%
8%
6%
27%
(2019)
Africa
Sanctions  by Sanctions  in Europe opportunities due to 27% 41%
Europe
and  in Africa in 2020 C19 has intensified
North America manipulation attempts  in Reported Sport Event
27% 24% 9%
Oceania 23% 33% Integrity Breaches
Due to C19 and Cancelled/  in Investigations Fewer sports
South America
42% Postponed Events overall investigated
across fewer sports

The Sport Corruption Barometer is a collaboration between INTERPOL and Abertay University; it is part of Sport Forensics, coordinated by Professor David Lavallee.

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