The current sports world faces many challenges that can undermine the Olympic values, the cornerstone of the BOIC and the Olympic Movement. The phenomenon of competition manipulation or match-fixing is an example of this. Within the Olympic Movement, both nationally and internationally, there is cooperation with various stakeholders to combat this breach of the integrity of sport.
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
The IOC has long played a leading role at the international level in the fight against the manipulation of sports competitions. Since 2006, under the IOC’s Code of Ethics, it has been prohibited for all participants in the Olympic Games to bet on Olympic competitions. The IOC’s current actions are based on a three-pillar structure: regulation, awareness and education, and information exchange and research. Among its initiatives are the “Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of the Manipulation of competitions” and the IBIS system (“Integrity Betting Intelligence System").
National Platform for Match-Fixing
In Belgium, the National Platform for Match-Fixing was established in 2016. It was formalized on December 16, 2016, with the signing of a declaration of intent. The BOIC is one of the partners of this platform, along with the FPS Justice, the Ministries of Sport, the Federal Police, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, the Gaming Commission, the National Lottery, VSF, AISF, and several sports federations. The National Platform for Match-Fixing pursues three objectives: prevention, detection, and repression.
Annual Report 2017 – National Platform for Match-Fixing
Fight Against Competition Manipulation within the BOIC
The BOIC is an active partner of the National Platform for Match-Fixing. In addition, it closely monitors the activities of the IOC and collaborates with the “Olympic Movement Unit on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions” of the IOC. The BOIC has also committed itself to the European project POINTS of the EOC EU Office, in cooperation with partners such as the IOC and INTERPOL.
Within the BOIC, Louise Cavenaile has been appointed as the contact person for competition manipulation. She represents the BOIC on the National Platform.
For questions on this topic, you can contact him by email (l.cavenaile@olympic.be). All questions or potential reports are handled seriously and with complete discretion and objectivity. No steps are taken without explicit consent.
If you want to make an official report, you can also contact the official reporting point for sports fraud of the National Platform at the Federal Police: http://sportfraude.be.
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