Match fixing damages the integrity of sports and has a significant impact on sports associations, which are at risk of losing sponsors.
Sports corruption stigmatises athletes and has a negative impact on the sports industry. While the percentage of fixed matches is estimated to be fewer than 1 % across all sports, high betting turnover results in millions of euros in profits for match fixers each year.
According to the 2021 SOCTA, the global annual criminal proceeds from betting-related match fixing are estimated at approximately EUR 120 million.
Match fixing and betting-related scams
- Match fixers are increasingly targeting the fast developing e-sports market. There are indications of e-sport manipulation, including extraordinary surges in betting activity and the deposit of unusually large sums on a bet just ahead of e-sport matches.
- Sports manipulation knows no borders, and that’s why a coordinated international response is required to tackle it.
- Experts at Europol work with law enforcement authorities across the EU to identify links between suspicious matches and suspects, and to uncover the organised crime groups orchestrating these multi-million euro frauds against sport.
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