ESSA report 53 alerts during second quarter

International betting integrity body ESSA reported 53 suspicious betting alerts during Q2 2017 in an industry update, Wednesday.

Of the 53, ESSA detailed that thirty-one were relevant to tennis, 15 to football, five to basketball and 1 case each for handball and volleyball.

ESSA, holding positions on match-fixing policy forums at the European Commission, Council of Europe and the IOC, is driving a number of activities aimed at addressing match-fixing, including a player education programme with EU Athletes and an international anti match-fixing project with Transparency International, having recently finished an 18-month project with the Council of Europe.

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