FIFA swoops on Africa football crime, corruption

With crime and corruption a stark reality of our world, the beautiful game of football cannot absolve

itself totally of being free from them.

However, FIFA, responsible for the governance of football worldwide, is also doing all it can to ensure crime and corruption don’t dictate its pace.

To this end, it came up with an initiative, Global Integrity Programme, which seeks to promote football’s integrity as best as possible.

Already, it has held three integrity workshops for its AFC, CONMEBOL and Concacaf regions, and now it’s the turn of African football associations under the CAF umbrella to attend their own workshop which will be five one-day sessions starting on September 30 (today) and concluding on November 4.

The workshop will have integrity and anti-corruption experts from FIFA, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), CAF and other organisations share knowledge and discuss best practices with integrity officers from across Africa.

The modules will focus on key topics, including establishing an integrity initiative, reporting mechanisms, competition protection, media strategy, cooperation between stakeholders, best practices and investigations.

In line with FIFA’s overall vision of making football truly global and its ongoing commitment to protecting and promoting the integrity of the game, GIP is aimed at improving education and integrity capacity-building in all 211 member associations by sharing advanced know-how and resources with integrity officers.

It also reflects UNODC’s objective of supporting governments and sports organisations in their efforts to safeguard sport from corruption and crime.

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