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UN Partners with International Sports Organization to Address Transnational Organized Crime (April 15, 2015) [1]

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International Law in Brief [2]
Author: 
Monica Moyo

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.”


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[1] https://www.asil.org/blogs/un-partners-international-sports-organization-address-transnational-organized-crime-april-15
[2] https://www.asil.org/blog-name/international-law-brief
[3] http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=50589#.VTayptLBwXB
[4] http://www.unodc.org/documents/middleeastandnorthafrica/organised-crime/UNITED_NATIONS_CONVENTION_AGAINST_TRANSNATIONAL_ORGANIZED_CRIME_AND_THE_PROTOCOLS_THERETO.pdf
[5] http://www.unodc.org/documents/treaties/UNCAC/Publications/Convention/08-50026_E.pdf