Fraud, corruption and sport

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1. Introduction

PART I: FRAUD, CORRUPTION AND SPORT IN CONTEXT

2. Defining Fraud and Corruption in Sport

3. Defining Fraud

4. Defining Corruption

5. Developing a Typology of Fraud and Corruption in Sport

6. The Art of Bending and Breaking the Rules: A Continuum of Corruption

7. A Culture of Corruption: a Systemic Problem or Protecting Vested Interests?

8. Gambling: A Cause of Fraud and Corruption in Sport?

9. The Extent of Fraud and Corruption in Sport

10. The Problem in Measuring Fraud and Corruption in Sport

11. Surveys and Estimates of Fraud and Corruption in Sport

12. The Limitation of Surveys of Fraud and Corruption Data

13. Gambling and Sport: Measuring 'Attempted' Fraud and Corruption?

14. Why do Those in Sport Commit Fraud?

15. Individual Athletes and Acts of Fraud and Corruption

16. Sporting Institutions and Acts of Fraud and Corruption

17. Internet Fraud, Corruption and Sport

18. Money Laundering and Gambling Websites

19. Under Threat from 'Organised' Crime: Fraud, Corruption and Online Gambling Websites

PART II: KEY BODIES: ENFORCEMENT AND GOVERNANCE

20. Fraud and Corruption in Football

21. Types of Fraud and Corruption in Football

22. Ticket Sales

23. Football Agents, Fees and Potential Tax Evasion

24. Match Fixing and its Association with Gambling

25. The Potential for Money Laundering and Lost Taxation from Football Clubs

26. Countering Fraud and Corruption in Football: A Structural Problem for Football Leagues

27. German Football: Broad Involvement, Limited Regulation and Incentives for Financial Window Dressing

28. The Structure of Italian Football: Creative Accounting in a Family Business?

29. Detecting, Exposing and Preventing Fraud and Corruption in Football

30. Fraud and Corruption in Cricket

31. Types of Fraud and Corruption in Cricket

32. Paying for Information

33. Match Fixing

34. Spot-fixing

35. Countering Fraud and Corruption in Cricket: The Role(s) of the ICC ACSU and National Boards

36. Detecting and Exposing Fraud and Corruption in Cricket: a Need for Special Investigators?

37. Fraud and Corruption in Horse Racing

38. Types of Fraud and Corruption in Horse Racing

39. Trading a Horse or Horse-trading? Buying a Horse at Auction

40. Auction Fraud in the United Kingdom and USA

41. Fixing Horse Races: Doping and Gambling in the Name of Profit?

42. Detecting, Exposing and Countering Fraud and Corruption in Horse Racing

43. Fraud and Corruption in Basketball

44. Types of Fraud and Corruption in Basketball

45. Point Shaving

46. Referee Bias

47. Tanking: Losing to Win?

48. Detecting, Countering and Exposing Fraud and Corruption in Basketball

49. Fraud and Corruption in Baseball

50. Types of Fraud and Corruption in Baseball

51. Match Fixing for Money: A Justification for Poor Pay and Restrictive Contracts?

52. Match Fixing for Glory: Little League Baseball (LLB) and State Corruption in Taiwan

53. Match Fixing for Organised Interests: Bribery, Threats and Intimidation

54. Detecting, Countering and Exposing Fraud and Corruption in Baseball: The Role(s) of the Major League Baseball (MLB)

55. Recourse to the Law: Getting MLB Attention?

56. Fraud and Corruption in Boxing

57. Types of Fraud and Corruption in Boxing

58. The Participants

59. Boxers

60. Managers

61. Promoters

62. Boxing Commissions

63. Sanctioning Organisations

64. Detecting, Exposing and Countering Fraud and Corruption in Boxing: The Evolution of Federal Regulation of Boxing

65. Preventing some Fraud and Corruption in Boxing: Improving Contracts, Developing a Database of Boxers and Employing Credible Referees and Judges

66. Overview and Final Reflections

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