Pitch invader: how the Swedish Football Association is tackling match-fixing groups
EGR Compliance chats to Swedish Football Association integrity officer Johan Claesson about how Swedish football’s governing body is working to give corruption in sport the red card
EGR ComplianceEGR Compliance: What do your day-to-day duties as an integrity officer involve?Johan Claesson (JC): EGR Compliance: How many alleged cases of match-fixing do you investigate on a daily/weekly/monthly/yearly basis?JC: EGR Compliance: How has Covid-19 affected your work? Have there been more attempts to fix Swedish matches since the restart?JC: EGR Compliance: Based on your observations, in which divisions are these most likely to occur? Is there a reason for this?JC: thrdth EGR Compliance: Have the instances of alleged match-fixing increased or decreased in the period since the re-regulation of the Swedish gambling market? Why do you think this is?JC: EGR Compliance: What are the biggest challenges for you in your role as an integrity officer and how do you work to overcome them?JC: EGR Compliance: In what ways does the SvFF working with Swedish football clubs to stop match-fixing? JC: EGR Compliance: In what ways do you work with the Swedish Gambling Authority’s anti-match-fixing council? Are there any external international bodies or gambling operators you work with?JC: EGR Compliance: What is your opinion of the SGA’s new rules to stop match-event betting on things like red and yellow cards?JC: EGR Compliance: If you were able to put one regulation in place you knew could stop match-fixing, what would you put in place and why?JC: EGR Compliance: Do you agree with SvFF general secretary Håkan Sjöstrand that the council has lost focus and energy and has become an ineffective discussion forum rather than an entity which combats match-fixing?JC: EGR Compliance: What are the SvFF’s priorities for the remainder of 2020?JC: