UN Partners with International Sports Organization to Address Transnational Organized Crime (April 15, 2015) [1]
On April 15, 2015, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) announced [3] 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 [4] and the UN Convention against Corruption [5] (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.”