France’s Service Central des Courses et Jeux, the department within France’s national police force that oversees the country’s racing and betting services, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with sports data and integrity specialist Sportradar.
The agreement sees the SCCJ and Sportradar exchanging expertise, statistical data, information and identifying trends, as they relate to sporting integrity. The two parties will also explore opportunities for further collaboration.
SCCJ chief Philippe Menard said: “Our aim in France is to make sure that we are at the forefront of the fight against match fixers and manipulators. That requires us to identify the most potent allies to help us shore up our defences.
“Our informal collaborations with Sportradar to date have left us in no doubt that this signing is a strong statement of intent and we look forward to working closer with their specialists to safeguard French sport.”
Sportradar Integrity Services managing director Andreas Krannich added: “We have already worked closely and fruitfully with Philippe Menard and his team in the past, looking at various sporting events held in France and also supporting their efforts around the UEFA Euro 2016 tournament hosted in France.
“It was clear to me that we could do more in the future and this MoU sets us up to begin identifying other ways for us to share insights and develop investigations.”
Image: Sportradar's Andreas Krannich pictured, left, with the SCCJ's Philippe Menard
