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With the recent Indian Premiership betting scandals, international policing and anti-crime authority Interpol have been asked by the Indian Sports governing bodies to advise and help clean/ monitor sports corruption in India. Interpol officials have been approached by Indian sports and governing bodies in order to tackle corruption and organsied crime in sports through match fixing created by betting syndicates. Key to this task will be the creation of corruption/match fixing workshops set up by Interpol.
Indian Sports Government officials for cricket Indian Cricket Board (ICB) and All India Football Federation (AIFF) approached Interpol to raise concern on this matter and help tackle the issue of match fixing in Indian sports. Interpol officials approached All India Football Federation (AIFF) secretary Kushal Das during the FIFA Congress in the Mauritius with the offer to hold the Interpol-FIFA sports integrity workshop for I-League players, match officials and administrators. Interpol’s offer comes close on the heels of the suspension of two Lebanese match officials by the Asian Football Confederations (AFC) and their arrest in Singapore ahead of East Bengal’s AFC Cup match against Tampines Rovers in April.
