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Treaty to fight match-fixing goes into effect

An international treaty against match-fixing in sports competitions took force, marking what proponents called significant progress against corruption.

GENEVA (AN) — An international treaty against match-fixing in sports competitions took force on Sunday, marking what proponents called significant progress in the fight against rigged gambling, bribery and other rampant corruption.

The Macolin Convention, formally called the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions, has been signed by dozens of nations but required at least five members of the Council of Europe, or COE, to ratify it before it could take effect.

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