Uncovering manipulation in sports – submit reports confidentially! Do your part, EVEN ANONYMOUSLY!

What reports can be submitted?

Reports can be submitted concerning sports betting fraud and manipulation of sports competitions – in other words, attempts to influence the course of a sports competition (for sporting events in Germany or elsewhere), possibly in connection with the placement of a bet.

Examples:

• Influencing a soccer player by giving him money in exchange for causing his team to loose a league game
• Bribing a tennis player to loose a match – accompanied by placement of a corresponding bet
• Influencing a regional league player, who promises – in exchange for a benefit – to play well below his capability, for example by assisting in scoring of an opposing goal by committing a foul in the penalty area
• Influencing a trainer to intentionally make use of weaker athletes to the advantage of the opponent
• Influencing a judge to intervene in a competition in favour of a specific athlete or team
• Influencing a referee to assist a team by giving more red cards to the opposing team

If you have questions or reports concerning other criminal activities, please contact the nearest police station.

Why should I submit a report?

The manipulation of sporting events undermines the integrity of sport, eroding the trust in fair sports competition. Such actions can be very difficult to spot. Only with your help can we discover criminal activities at an early stage, identify culprits and prevent further damage.

Use this opportunity to help fight sports betting fraud and the manipulation of sports competition.

What is the process for submitting a report?

To submit an anonymous or personalised report, start by clicking the ‘Submit report’ button at the top of our introduction page.

The reporting process consists of the following steps:

1. First, you will be asked to read some information on the protection of your anonymity and answer a security query.
2. On the following page, you will be asked about the category of your report.
3. On the report page, you can elaborate on your report in your own words and answer questions about the case by simply selecting responses. You can type up to 5000 characters into the free text field, which corresponds to a full A4 page. You may also submit a file of up to 5 MB to support your report. Please bear in mind that documents can contain information about the author. Following the submission of your report, you will receive a reference number to confirm that you have sent this report.
4. After this, please set up your own secured postbox, if desired. You can use this postbox for further communication.

If you already have a secured postbox, you can access it directly via the ‘Login’ button. Here, too, you will have to answer a security query first.

As long as you do not enter any data from which conclusions about your identity can be drawn, the technology of BKMS^® System will protect your anonymity.

Please rest assured that we are only interested in the incident you are reporting. Malpractices should be revealed and financial losses prevented.

How do I receive feedback and remain anonymous at the same time?

When you set up your secured postbox, you choose your pseudonym/user name and password yourself. This login information is not visible to anyone except you.

If you lose your login information, please submit a new report and set up a new postbox. If possible, please provide the reference number of your previous report. The new postbox will not contain any content associated with your previous report.

You will also remain anonymous during this dialogue with us.

Your report is kept anonymous through encryption and other specialised security measures. When submitting a report anonymously, do not enter any information that can be traced back to you, such as by using a device provided by your employer or sending the report from the network of a public authority or company.

If you wish to attach files to your report, consider that the file properties/metadata may contain personal information.
In case of doubt, you can also print out the document and send it by mail to the address below, including the reference number you will receive on completion of your report:

KERN CHERKEH Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Sports Manipulation Reporting Office
Königstrasse 7
D-30175 Hanover, Germany

Who processes my report?

Your report will be processed by KERN CHERKEH Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB in Hannover, which has assumed the official duties of "Sports Manipulation Reporting Office", during office hours (Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

If your report gives reason to suspect a crime, your report will be forwarded to the law enforcement authorities, provided you consented to this during the reporting process. The final decision on whether to launch a criminal investigation lies with the assigned public prosecutor.

If your report does not give reason to suspect a crime but appears nonetheless valuable, your report will be forwarded to the relevant sports association, provided you consented to this on the reporting page.
After submitting the report, you can use the secured postbox to remain in contact with the Sports Manipulation Reporting Office (KERN CHERKEH Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB) if further clarification is required.