As per reports from Cricbuzz, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has been in discussion with the government to explore turning match-fixing into a criminal offence. Bangladesh Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed implemented the bill in Parliament on June 24. This has been done to introduce stricter measures against online gambling, betting, match-fixing, and spot-fixing.
"Match fixing and spot fixing has been criminalized in the new gambling prevention bill that was recently proposed in the parliament by our honorable law minister that had been sent to law ministry for assessment," Barrister Mahin M Rahman, general counsel of the BCB's integrity unit, told Cricbuzz on Saturday (June 27).
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The new law made in Bangladesh will be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs to analyse it and produce a report within five business days.
"The bodies and teams that are there for anti-corruption activities in federations should be entrusted rights to file the complaint, and information should be taken from them," he added. "All the federations have an anti-corruption unit and their input needs to be recognised by the law."
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The proposed legislation gives courts further authority to order the closure of bank accounts, mobile financial service (MFS) accounts, payment gateways, digital wallets, and cryptocurrency wallets used for gambling. It also calls for the establishment of a National Digital Blacklist to aid in the prevention of betting, online gambling, money laundering, and other criminal activities.
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