Nigel Willerton, head of the body responsible for the fight against corruption, the Tennis Integrity Unit, said Monday that steps would be taken to investigate allegations of match-fixing published by BuzzFeed News and the BBC.
The TIU will launch an investigation. (P.Lahalle – L’Equipe)
Nigel Willerton, Tennis boss Integrity Unit (TIU), the body responsible for the fight against corruption, said Monday that steps would be taken to investigate all allegations revealed by the report BuzzFeed News / BBC. He said that any information submitted to the TIU be followed. “ I am convinced that everything that happens is the TIU [solicited] and evaluated. But corruption is very difficult to detect, and it is then necessary to obtain evidence to prosecute those who engage in this path , “said Willerton to BuzzFeed.
” In the context of anti-corruption program of tennis, we may require phones and laptops “
” As part of the anti-program tennis corruption, we may require phones and laptops “ of the players, he explained . “Obviously, they must consent to us hand them, and if they do not, it’s called the” non-cooperation “. They may be the subject of a report and be punished . “” There was a case recently where a player was punished and sentenced to a two-year suspension ” he added. Last year, Slovak Ivo Klec it was sanctioned by the TIU for corruption. He was suspended for two years and was sentenced to pay a fine of 10,000 dollars.
Despite the allegations, no action has been taken by the authorities against Australia Tennis eight players competing in Melbourne suspected ‘rigging of matches
