Staying on the side

Sport has the power to help teach some of life’s most important lessons about the value of honesty and fair play, which is why Transparency International sees corruption in sport as an important issue. In Staying on Side, Transparency International’s first project specifically relating to corruption and sport, we are focussing on match-fixing in football because it is a clear manifestation of corruption and can lead to other illegal activities, such as money laundering. Because of football’s global popularity and the fact that the online betting market is now worth $700 billion annually, match-fixing has attracted the attention of criminals and organised crime.