TACKLING CORRUPTION IN SPORT IN SWITZERLAND

This year will see Switzerland filling gaps in its legal regime on sports corruption, particularly match-fixing, despite being the headquarters for many international sports governing bodies, which are expected to set high ethical standards for the sporting world.

Although match-fixing, globally, has shown a slight reduction in the number of cases dealt with in 2025, Switzerland is addressing issues in betting-related match-fixing, and the need for a stronger regulatory oversight.

Recent analyses have brought to light that Swiss law is struggling to criminalise betting-related match-fixing by players and referees, and the Federal Department of Justice and Police is reviewing the Money Gaming Act of 2018.

Late last year, the International Tennis Integrity Agency identified instances of match-fixing in lower-level tournaments, and the Swiss Federal Supreme Court has also handled some tennis cases.

‘Sportradar’, which was founded in 2001 and has its headquarters in Switzerland, reported last month that, whilst match-fixing remains a threat to the integrity of sport, global monitoring in 2025 detected 1,116 suspicious matches, which was a slight 1% decrease from the number of such cases in 2024, with association football being the sport most affected. Incidentally, FIFA extended and expanded its integrity services agreement with ‘Sportradar’ on 2 March 2026.

The Swiss government is intending to strengthen its regulations on sports corruption during 2026, which is expected to be characterised as a year of regulatory recalibration.

We act in all cases of corruption in sport in Switzerland, including cases of match-fixing, and further information is available from either Dr Lucien Valloni or Kim Gamboni, by emailing them at valloni@valloni.ch and gamboni@valloni.ch respectively.