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Macolin Convention

May 18 , 2022 953 days 675 0
  • The 12th meeting of Interpol’s Match-Fixing Task Force (IMFTF) held at Abh Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  • It is concluded with a call for harmonised global efforts to curb competition manipulation.
  • Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was one of the participants in it.
  • The participants discussed the emerging uses of technology, big data and social media given that criminal syndicates were increasingly operating across betting and sports markets.
  • The Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions, is known as the Macolin Convention.
  • It is a multilateral treaty aimed at checking match-fixing.
  • It came into force on September 1, 2019.

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