16/03/2012 Culture, Science, Education and Media
Strasbourg, 16.03.2012 – Anne Brasseur (Luxembourg, ALDE), PACE rapporteur on match-fixing, has outlined a seven-point plan, or “holistic strategy” for combating the problem of fraudulent betting, match-fixing and corruption in sport.
Addressing European ministers of sport yesterday at a conference in Belgrade, she listed the Assembly’s proposals for dealing with the problem: awareness-raising and training of young athletes, closer co-ordination between police and judges, working with sports authorities and betting operators to improve detection of fraud, banning bets on the most vulnerable competitions, and stronger, more dissuasive sanctions against perpetrators.
The Assembly is also proposing that the Council of Europe draw up a world-wide treaty or convention on match-fixing in order to harmonise national laws, she pointed out.