The Brazilian Football Confederation and the ICSS (International Center for Sports Security) formalized a partnership aimed at promoting a series of measures to combat match-fixing and fraud in football.
This collaboration between the two entities aims to strengthen the pillars of sporting integrity. ICSS, renowned globally, brings with it vast experience in safety, security and integrity in the sporting field.
Over the years, it has collaborated with several prominent international organizations, such as UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), the Council of Europe and the World Bank.
The ceremony held at London’s Wembley Stadium was attended by the president of the CBF, Ednaldo Rodrigues. Furthermore, coach Dorival Júnior and players Danilo and Vinícius Jr.
Also present were Leila Pereira, head of the Brazilian delegation, and Rodrigo Caetano, general executive coordinator of the Men’s National Teams. Representing the ICSS were President Mohammed Hanzab and CEO Massimiliano Montanari.
The president of the CBF talks about the entity’s commitment
Ednaldo Rodrigues, president of the CBF, emphasized the entity’s commitment to adopting measures in line with the main global sporting organizations to safeguard the integrity of sport.
“We are structuring, with the support of FIFA and CONMEBOL, a series of our own initiatives to combat match manipulation.
We are building an ecosystem for institutions like ICSS and the Global Sports Integrity Alliance (SIGA), monitoring companies like Sportadar, Stats Perform and Genius.
And also a private Investigation Task Force that can work together with the CBF, CONMEBOL and FIFA. Thus, supporting public authorities in their mission to prosecute criminals who manipulate sports results.”
Our goal is to secure sufficient resources to make the largest investment in the world that a sports organization has ever made to protect integrity. In this way, consolidating CBF’s role as an incubator of good practices in this area”.
The partnership with ICSS
Based in Doha, ICSS is a global, independent, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting integrity and safety in sport.
The ICSS president, Mohammed Hanzab, commented on the opportunity for collaboration with the CBF, as well as the commitment to facing global challenges related to integrity in sport.
“When CBF told us about its plans to position Brazil as an international reference in the field of integrity, we understood that there was an opportunity to put into practice all the knowledge and instruments we have developed over the last 12 years.
Together with the CBF, we decided to sign our agreement here at Wembley, one of the most symbolic places in football in the world. Everything to highlight the global dimension of our initiative and the problems we want to face.”
