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27.02.2015 Press Release

2015 AIPS Congress in Paris dedicated to Transparency in Sports

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An integral portion of the 78th AIPS Congress in Paris will be dedicated to the fight for transparency in sport. As sport is a crucial marker of culture around the world and a livelihood for many, journalists have a responsibility to defend sport from match fixing and the many other forms of result manipulation.

During the afternoon session of March 3, at the French Olympic Committee Headquarters, delegates and guests from over 100 nations will take part in the AIPS forum on Securing sport. The forum will include presentations from long-standing AIPS partner The World Lottery Association including talks by CEO of La Marocaine des Jeux et des Sports, Secretary of GLMS (Global Lottery Monitoring System) and member of the WLA Executive Committee, Younès El Mechrafi.

The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) will be represented by Chief of Cabinet President Office Massimiliano Montanari, as AIPS looks to strengthen its ties in the fight for clean sport and invest in its sustainability in the future.

AIPS President Gianni Merlo has spoken out against the dangers of corruption, match-fixing and illegal betting on numerous accounts, regarding them as “cancers that are eating into sports”. Ahead of the Securing sport forum at the 78th AIPS Congress Mr. Merlo has said:

“Match fixing and illegal betting are indeed a cancer affecting sport. In many cases sport is in the hands of criminal organizations who only see it as a means to an end - a dirty profit. We must engage in the fight against these cancers because corruption is also a danger to the future of our profession. As journalists we must give a clear, united and important signal to the outside world. I believe that together we are able to not only defend but also to revive our world.”

From Sammy Heywood Okine
AIPS Member

Sammy Heywood Okine
Sammy Heywood Okine

Sports JournalistPage: SammyHeywoodOkine

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