The 12th meeting of Interpol’s Match-Fixing Task Force (IMFTF) concluded on May 12 with a call for harmonised global efforts to curb competition manipulation.
- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was one of the participants of this event.
- The participants discussed the emerging uses of technology, big data and social media given that criminal syndicates were increasingly operating across betting and sports markets.
- At the event, the members deliberated on various mechanisms to improve intelligence sharing and plug legislative and institutional gaps through methods “such as the establishment of national platforms, as outlined in the Macolin Convention.
About Macolin Convention
- The Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions, known as the Macolin Convention, is a multilateral treaty aimed at checking match-fixing. It came into force on September 1, 2019.
- The Macolin Convention is a legal instrument and the only rule of international law on the manipulation of sports competitions.
- It has been ratified by Greece, Italy, Norway, Portugal, the Republic of Moldova, Switzerland and Ukraine. It has been signed by 30 other European States, as well as by Australia and Morocco.
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