The chairman of the European Sports Security Association (ESSA), the private sector’s betting integrity body, said this week that corrupting sporting events requires “individual players, officials or club directors to be directly involved” and that “it is that truth that the sports federations should face up to rather than blaming the betting industry.”
The comments were made by Mike O’Kane, business director at Ladbrokes and chairman of ESSA, and follow Europol’s announcement that “425 match officials, [...]
