Organized Crime - Sports
GENEVA - A boxing official described as
'one of Uzbekistan's leading criminals' by US authorities has been
named interim president of the Olympic sport's governing body.
The International Boxing Federation (AIBA)
said its vice president Gafur Rakhimov was promoted after the
'unexpected resignation' of interim leader Franco Falcinelli.
(AP) MORE:
Brothers' circle Thieves-in-law
Gafur
Rakhimov
NEW YORK - The FBI has arrested 10 people,
including 4
NCAA basketball coaches and an
Adidas manager,
in a bribery investigation involving recruitment efforts.
(CNBC)
Over the last
decade, 16 players who have ranked in the top 50 have been
repeatedly flagged to the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU)- over suspicions they
have thrown matches.
(BBC)
MORE:
The
tennis racket
Allegations overshadow
Umpires secretly banned
Russian mafia members detained
LEIRIA - A lawyer
says 2 men arrested in Portugal on suspicion of forming part of a
Russian mafia group that allegedly infiltrated a Portuguese soccer
club to launder money have been denied bail and ordered to remain in
preventive custody.
(AP)
SYDNEY - The Australian men's national cricket team is currently caught up in an embarrassing cricket scandal. 3 players on the team are facing lengthy suspensions after being caught cheating in a match in South Africa. (Global) MORE: Good people make mistakes Sadness and waste Wake up call for world cricket Winnipeg pro team
RIO DE JANEIRO -
Police in Brazil have arrested the head of the
European Olympic Committees, Irishman
Patrick Hickey, in Rio over illegal Olympic ticket sales.
(BBC) MORE:
Taken to hospital
Irish Olympic ticket controversy
IOC exec accused
TOKYO - A
7-figure payment from the successful Tokyo Olympic bid team to a
notorious account linked to the son of the former world
athletics chief Lamine Diack was apparently made during the race to
host the 2020 Games.
(Guardian UK)
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WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court agreed on Monday to allow New Jersey's bid for sports betting at its casinos and racetracks, effectively ending prohibition on a $100B industry and striking down restrictions on wagering outside of Nevada. (Sports Illustrated)
New Jersey v NCAA .pdf
SC lets states legalize sports gambling
US gambling industry worth $240B
WTO: US measures affecting cross border supply of gambling and betting services
How illegal sports betting works
US casinos/gambling lobby party donations
Internet companies settle US gambling claims
NEW YORK - A former Swiss banker has admitted paying millions of dollars in bribes to Julio Grondona, a former senior executive at FIFA, chairman of football's world governing body's finance committee and president of the Argentinian football association. (Guardian)
German soccer officials investigated
Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
Lai pleads guilty to bribery charges
FIFA audit committee member pleads guilty
US DoJ indictment .pdf
Interpol 'red notice' alert for FIFA linked people
Reporter who chipped away at FIFA corruption
Audit and Compliance Committee
New (1997) economics of corruption .pdf
Match-fixing gangs set sights on AU
Pakistan cricket fixing controversy
How gambling is destroying sport
Match-fixing network uncovered
'We are not corrupt or a mafia organization'
Qatar accused of buying 2022 Cup
Warner resigns, inquiry closed
FIFA finds ‘comprehensive evidence'
Host country voting system changed
Convicted match-fixer ran empire
FIFA corruption in bidding process
Executive members of FIFA accused
FIFA pledges match-fixing crackdown
FIFA chief denies bribery claims
MARSEILLES - The main focus of security ahead of the 2016 European Football Championship was on terrorism. More than 90,000 police and other keepers of the peace have been deployed in France. Tournament organizers mentioned potential fan violence on the margins, but none of the experts seems to have expected any major incidents. What a mistake. (DW)
Russia given suspended disqualification
More than 1,000 Russian athletes competing in summer, winter and paralympic sport were involved in or benefited from an institutional conspiracy to conceal positive doping tests, a WADA report said. The second part of a report by Canadian sports lawyer Richard McLaren provided more details of an elaborate state-sponsored doping scheme operated by Russia. (Reuters)
Investigation report into Sochi allegations 2
Independent report for 2016 Rio Olympics
State-sponsored doping cover-up
IOC announces another 45 failed drug tests
Independent investigations report
Sports would be better with doping
For US
Olympians, medals come with a tax bill
SOCHI - An interactive website launched by anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny paints a vivid picture of suspected cost overruns and conflicts of interest at the Sochi Winter Olympics. (AP)
How much does a gold metal cost?
Economics of hosting the Olympics
TORONTO - A man has admitted he helped lead a lucrative, illegal sports gambling scheme that grossed more than $100M in 5 years. David Hair, 50, "was a leading member of the upper-echelon management group" of Platinum Sports Book, "an illegal bookmaking operation" that was run on websites through computers in Costa Rica. Hair, who pleaded guilty to bookmaking for a criminal organization, will be sentenced to 2 years imprisonment. He also agreed to pay $3M in fines. (Sun Media)
Sports book betting site busted
Illegal gambling website busted
Justice Minister defends gangster
KUALA
LUMPUR
- In his signed Dec. 18 letter to Mark Guiliano, the assistant
director of the FBI, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Malaysia's top law
enforcement official, wrote that Paul Phua Wei Seng, on trial for
illegal transmission of betting information and operating an illegal
gambling business, was not a member of the famed
14K Triad.
(Asia Sentinel)
FBI busts illegal world cup betting ring
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi