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The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) announced today that they will co-host an INTERPOL-FIFA Integrity in Sport workshop August 7-8 in Guatemala City,
Guatemala. The purpose of the gathering is to raise awareness regarding the issues and threats posed to football by match fixing, to examine best practices and to identify areas for development.
The presidents, general secretaries and other representatives from each of the seven football federations that comprise the Central American region (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama), as well as Mexico, have been invited to attend.
General Secretary Enrique Sanz and Deputy General Secretary Ted Howard will represent CONCACAF at the event. UNCAF will be represented by Rafael Tinoco and Mario Monterrosa, its president and general secretary, respectively.
“I am very pleased that one of my first duties as general secretary will be to represent CONCACAF at this important and timely meeting,” said Sanz, who was appointed to the position last month. “Match fixing in football must be tackled in the strongest possible way and CONCACAF is taking a proactive approach on this subject.”
“The confederation, under the leadership of President Jeffrey Webb, has declared that football’s integrity is paramount and that means we must take all the steps necessary to safeguard our sport. With INTERPOL’s guidance, we are sending a clear message that the game, itself, is of the highest importance.”
The conference in Guatemala is part of INTERPOL’s series of training workshops, which brings together players, referees, betting regulators and law enforcement to improve individuals’ awareness and understanding of corruption in football, and of the strategies used by its perpetrators and of the methods to recognize, resist and report them.
Over the two days, INTERPOL will be conducting an extensive series of training sessions. Topics to be addressed include: an overview of the betting industry, identification of match-fixing threats, governance, education and prevention.
INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization, with 190 member countries. Its role is to enable police around the world to work together, using a high-tech infrastructure of technical and operational support that helps meet the growing challenges of fighting crime.
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