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'Unique factors' leave New Zealand sport vulnerable to organised crime

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 22 Apr 2025, 9:50am
Organised crime syndicates launder their proceeds of crime via sports betting. Photo / Brett Phibbs
Organised crime syndicates launder their proceeds of crime via sports betting. Photo / Brett Phibbs

'Unique factors' leave New Zealand sport vulnerable to organised crime

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 22 Apr 2025, 9:50am

Organised crime syndicates could be seeking to infiltrate our sporting landscape. 

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime has raised concerns about a global migration of crime into sport. 

New Zealand's Sport Integrity Commission's working with its overseas counterparts and policing experts like Interpol to protect against corruption attempts. 

Chief Executive Rebecca Rolls told Mike Hosking New Zealand has a few factors that makes it uniquely vulnerable to organised crime groups.  

She says we're vulnerable to criminal betting schemes because our sport is streamed at times when there isn't much else to bet on. 

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