General Ho Sy Tien: Match-fixing methods are becoming increasingly sophisticated.

Major General Ho Sy Tien commented that negativity and corruption in sports, especially match-fixing and match-fixing, are increasingly common and sophisticated.

This afternoon, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Security launched documents related to preventing and combating corruption in sports and investigating match-fixing.

Mr. Christopher Batt, in charge of UNODC in Vietnam, said the documents aim to help law enforcement agencies and sports organizations in Vietnam deal more effectively with negative issues and corruption.

At the same time, raise awareness among policymakers, investigators and legislators on how to address the risks posed by match-fixing.

According to Major General Ho Sy Tien, Director of the Criminal Police Department (Ministry of Public Security), globally, including in Vietnam, negative phenomena and corruption in sports such as bribery, especially match-fixing and illegal betting are increasingly common.

Major General Ho Sy Tien.

“The huge profits from match-fixing, illegal betting, and match-fixing have fueled the complicated development of betting and betting networks in Vietnam with increasingly sophisticated and cunning methods and operations, spanning across borders,” said Major General Tien.

In his foreword to “Good Practices in Match-Fixing Investigations”, UNODC Director-General Yuri Fedotov said that corruption and the involvement of transnational organized crime in sport undermine confidence in match results and damage the reputation of individuals and organizations.

Huge profits generated from match-fixing can be funneled into other illegal activities, Mr. Fedotov noted.

Major General Ho Sy Tien added that recently, Vietnam has discovered and handled a number of cases related to gambling, organizing gambling, illegal betting, including bribery and bribery in sports.

He gave an example of clubs that, when they wanted the score to be favorable to them, gave money to the referee or players to fix the score, then we would treat it as bribery.

To address the dangers of this problem, the Major General said that first of all, there needs to be a healthy legal corridor and sanctions that are strong enough to deter all subjects, not only athletes and sports officials, but also other subjects involved in fraudulent behavior.

UNODC also proposes a multi-sectoral approach, focusing on capacity building of law enforcement agencies and sports organizations. This will help to leverage the expertise of many organizations, including international organizations and the private sector.

According to VNN