The Group of Copenhagen, the international network of national platforms combatting the manipulation of sports competitions, held its 8th plenary meeting in Paris on 19 and 20 June 2025. On the first day, an open session brought together experts, regulators, judicial authorities, representatives of the betting industry and investigative journalists to discuss the financial challenges associated with match-fixing.

The discussions traced ‘ten years of change’: the massive expansion of betting markets, the emergence of spot-fixing and the rise of illegal operators. A second segment focused on investigations, with particular emphasis on the now crucial importance of phone seizures and financial flow tracking. The afternoon was devoted to next-generation tools: artificial intelligence to detect abnormal patterns, voice analysis to identify persons of interest, and parallels drawn from the fight against stock market fraud to strengthen disciplinary and criminal sanctions. The session concluded with a discussion of emerging threats related to the criminal use of AI and identified avenues for the 2025-2035 roadmap.

The morning of 20 June addressed key topics, including recent developments at national and international level, the consolidation of alert systems and initiatives such as the ACT project, the results of the thematic working groups (monitoring of major international competitions, alerts, eSports, GROUND) and the setting-up of a working group on artificial intelligence and sports manipulation.

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