Doha: Creating a sport betting tax - to finance investigations into match-fixing and illegal-betting – is one the several steps the Sorbonne-ICSS Report has suggested as part of its findings.
The Sorbonne-ICSS Report is a joint collaborative work of Doha-based International Centre for Sport Security (ICCS) and Sorbonne University in Paris.
As part of its findings, the Sorbonne-ICSS Report provides Guiding Principles for governments, sports organisations, betting regulators and operators to adopt in order to combat match-fixing and illegal betting.
The Sorbonne-ICSS Report released yesterday is the findings of a two-year research programme into sport corruption. It includes startling figures on the scale and scope of the sport-betting market, which is identified as the primary purpose for match-fixing.
The report also provides detailed analysis of current efforts to combat corruption and presents guiding principles including practical steps that can be taken by sport, governments and betting.
“The Sorbonne-ICSS Report on Sport Integrity represents a historic moment, not only for the ICSS, but in the fight to protect and preserve the integrity of sport. With reports of match-fixing and corruption now plaguing sport on a daily basis, it is time for key organisations in sport, betting and government to step forward and work together to eradicate these problems once at for all,” Mohammed Hanzab (pictured), President of the ICSS said:
“I hope that this extensive and comprehensive two-year project between the ICSS and University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne will provide a clear call to action and move forward plans for the creation of a coordinated international integrity platform. This is crucial, not only to safeguard the credibility and integrity of sport, but to ensure we protect the very morals and ethics that sport was founded upon,” he added.
As well as exploring prevention, the report identifies the priorities in the battle to repress corruption. “We are proud also to propose solutions. The Report reveals the startling scale of sport corruption and betting fraud and the limitations of current preventative measures,” Laurent Vidal, Chair of the Sorbonne-ICSS Research Programme said.The Peninsula
