Peruvian justice committee advances sports-manipulation offence with up to eight-year prison terms
Peru’s Congress Justice and Human Rights Committee approved a proposal to add fraud or manipulation of results in official sports competitions to the Penal Code. The proposed offence carries prison terms of up to eight years, including for conduct linked to illegal betting; the bill now goes to the Congress plenary for consideration.
The proposal would expose people involved in manipulating official sports results to criminal penalties, including where illegal betting is involved.