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On April 15, 2015, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) announced its partnership with the International Centre for Sports Security (ICSS) “to help strengthen cross-border investigations into match-fixing . . . as well as bolstering measures to prosecute offenders.” The organizations will develop training resources “aligned with the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) that will identify key themes related to prosecutions and investigations.” UNODC’s efforts arise from its finding that “[m]atch-fixing is increasingly being viewed as a crime that needs to be addressed through tailor-made legislative responses and effective investigative powers, particularly in view of its links with organized crime, corruption, and money-laundering.”