Australia's elite sporting organisations are being urged to help stop organised crime from flourishing in sport.
A forum involving Victoria Police, Interpol, the Australian Crime Commission and sporting codes such as the AFL and cricket, is being held in Melbourne today.
Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Graham Ashton says the gathering will discuss how to tackle illegal offshore betting.
He warned that the risk that organised crime could corrupt players or officials is just as real in Australia, as it has been overseas.
"We're certainly pleased that it hasn't crept into Australia yet, as it has overseas and we want to keep it that way," he said.
"Certainly online gambling and the internet has brought us closer to the world in many respects and this is particularly timely at the moment to better insulate our sport from those threats."
Cricket Australia is one of the 13 sporting bodies attending the conference.
Sean Carroll is representing the code and says cricket already has a strong focus on preventing corruption and a self-regulation process is in place.
"We provide training for all our players and match officials and we have our own anti-corruption officers at match maintaining the integrity of the playing venue," he said.
Tags: sport, australian-football-league, cricket, corruption, bribery, police, gambling, melbourne-3000 First posted December 14, 2011 09:36:01
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