Memo: Commission will do all it can to help tackle match-fixing and corruption in sport, says Vassiliou

The European Commission is determined to do "all it can" to help sports bodies and law enforcement agencies to tackle the scourge of match-fixing and corruption in sport, European Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou told the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 14 March.

Vassiliou, who is responsible for education, culture, multilingualism, youth and sport, said the Commission is helping to lead a comprehensive response to the challenge in coordination with sports governing bodies, Europol, the EU's law enforcement agency, Eurojust, which is responsible for judicial cooperation between national prosecutors, the Council of Europe and UNESCO. The Commission is also financing five major projects to raise awareness about the problem within both the sports movement and the public.

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ESO: Background Information: Results from largest football match-fixing investigation in Europe http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-results-from-largest-football-match-fixing-investigation-in-europe/

ESO: Background Information: Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the European Commission to participate, on behalf of the EU, in the negotiations for an international convention of the Council of Europe to combat the manipulation of sports results http://www.europeansources.info/record/recommendation-for-a-council-decision-authorising-the-european-commission-to-participate-on-behalf-of-the-eu-in-the-negotiations-for-an-international-convention-of-the-council-of-europe-to-combat-th/

ESO: Background Information: EU Sport Forum: Sport leaders and Ministers step up fight against match-fixing http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eu-sport-forum-sport-leaders-and-ministers-step-up-fight-against-match-fixing/

ESO: Background Information: Match-fixing, a threat to the integrity of sport http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-match-fixing-a-threat-to-the-integrity-of-sport/

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