Legal regulation of illegal influence on the results of official sports competitions: criminal aspect and international experience

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.3970.44
Keywords: sports, official sporting events, influence on results, corruption, bribery

Abstract

The purpose of the research is devoted to the criminological description and explanation of the state of illegal influence on the results of official sports competitions in Ukraine. A reading of the high level of latency of crimes according to article 369-3 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, evidence that it is at least 99% of its real level. The structure of match manipulation was revealed and analyzed according to the type of sport, the method of illegal influence on the results of official sports competitions, as well as the subjects of bribery. The characteristic of the corresponding structural units is given. Methodologically, the basis of the research is the dialectical method that serves to interpret social and legal phenomena through documentary sources. It is concluded that the most intense criminal match-fixing is practiced in sports such as football, futsal, basketball, and volleyball. Among the ways to encourage athletes to commit illegal acts, bribery predominates (75%). At about the same level in terms of prevalence with small fluctuations in specific weight are structurally found ways to influence athletes such as incitement (10%) and conspiracy (8%).

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Author Biographies

Mykola Yefimov, Dnipropetrovs’k State University of Internal Affairs

Mykola Yefimov, Doctor of Science in law, Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor Dnipropetrovs’k State University of Internal Affairs, Dnipro, Ukraine, Ukraine.

Inna Yefimova, University of Customs and Finance

Inna Yefimova, Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor Associate Professor of the Department of Criminal Law Disciplines and Law Enforcement of the University of Customs and Finance, Dnipro, Ukraine.

Viacheslav Harkusha, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs

Viacheslav Harkusha, Candidat of Science in law, Docent at the Department of Administrative Law, Process and Administrative Activity, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

Nataliia Cherniak, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs

Nataliia Cherniak, Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Procedure, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs 26 Gagarin Ave., Dnipro, 49005, Ukraine.

Nina Holenko, Odessa State University of Intemal Affairs

Nina Holenko, Candidate of Science in law, Associate Professor of Special Physical and weapons training of Kherson Faculty, Odessa State University of Intemal Affairs, Kherson, Ukraine.

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Published
2021-10-10
How to Cite
Yefimov, M., Yefimova, I., Harkusha, V., Cherniak, N., & Holenko, N. (2021). Legal regulation of illegal influence on the results of official sports competitions: criminal aspect and international experience. Political Questions, 39(70), 742-756. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.3970.44
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Vol. 39 No. 70 (2021): Cuestiones Políticas
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Derecho Público

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