Money laundering in sport is evidence of hidden corruption; the need to provide solutions to prevent it

Subject Areas : knowledge Management

Taha Razmara ¹ , Nariman Fakheri ² , Ramin Poursaid Poursaid ³

1 - Master of Laws, Faculty of Humanities, Criminal Law and Criminology, Payame Noor Karaj University, Karaj, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor and Faculty Member, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Payame Noor University, Karaj, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor and Faculty Member, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Payame Noor University, Karaj, Iran.

Received: 2022-07-15 Accepted : 2022-09-07 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: Sports organizations, crime, Financial Corruption, Money laundering, Financial Transparency,

Abstract :

One of the most important examples of corruption; Money laundering is a criminal phenomenon. And the field of sports because of the desire of people to play a role, popularity, public interest and investment in it; It is a good breeding ground for the spread of this hidden corruption (money laundering). The research method was applied in terms of purpose and in terms of descriptive-correlational nature which was performed by field method. Data were collected using a version of a semi-standard questionnaire whose face validity and content were determined by experts and its reliability was determined based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The statistical population of the study consisted of official experts in the field of sports and members of the National Sports Law Association. 160 samples were selected by simple random sampling. Software packages (SPSS) and (Excel) were used to process and analyze the data. The results of Pearson correlation test showed that there is a significant relationship between all independent and dependent components. Also, using the Friedman ranking test, the dimension (customer suspicious transaction report) with the rank (4.85) and the average (19.98) and the dimension (training of employees of sports organizations) with the rank (1.23) and the average (6.413), respectively, have the most and the least effect. (Importance) in preventing the crime of money laundering. Therefore, it seems that a combination of all the variables used is appropriate to prevent money laundering in sports organizations.

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