UEFA investigations into match-fixing in Cyprus & Spain

BOXSCORE | LYON (June 13, 2023) INTERPOL has released its bi-weekly "Integrity in Sport" which monitors major developments in corruption in sport around the world.
In Brazil, an investigation conducted by the Public Ministry of Goiás (MPGO) resulted in fines and sanctions for eight athletes for their involvement in a match manipulation scheme.

The Cyprus Football Association has been criticized for delaying a match-fixing investigation for allegedly lying about not receiving any red notices from UEFA.

Reports reveal that UEFA has opened an investigation into match manipulation on one of Spain’s football clubs, potentially compromising the team’s chance at competing in next season’s Europa Conference League.

The National Police in Spain have arrested a dozen people in Melilla and Granada for their alleged involvement in a football match-fixing network.


Following reports issued by UEFA regarding suspicion of match-fixing activity, Bulgaria’s Football Union has fined two of its clubs.

Two professional snooker players from China were permanently banned from professional competition by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, after committing a range of match-fixing offences. A total of ten snooker players received sanctions for manipulating snooker.

The International Basketball Federation has permanently banned a referee from Kosovo for violating their code of conduct and integrity.



In Australia, it has come to light that the governing body for football earns money from bets placed on all levels of sport competitions in the country, including amateur competitions.

In Brazil, the country’s national women’s football leagues signed on a new betting company as their sponsor.



Cameroon’s national football association has dismantled a vast match-fixing network which allegedly involved several Cameroonian football clubs.

Since Canada’s federal ban on single-game sports betting was officially lifted in 2021, the 2023 Symposium on Competition Manipulation and Gambling in Sport, supported by INTERPOL, experts discussed key measures to prevent manipulation in sports in Canada.



INTERPOL and the IOC recently organized a sports integrity webinar for close to 80 participants from Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe


As part of Project COSMOS, the University of Leuven, with the support of INTERPOL and the Dutch Justice Ministry are currently conducting Focus Group discussions with a wide range of stakeholders regarding information sharing initiatives between stakeholders to address competition manipulation.