00:00On Monday December 9th the focus was on International Anti-Corruption Day. It's
00:05also the third consecutive year that the Sport Integrity Global Alliance
00:09Anti-Corruption Week is being held. The dates being December 9th to the 15th.
00:13Immediate past president of the TTOC Brian Lewis says more must be done to
00:18eradicate corruption in sport. There must be a strict policy on anti-corruption
00:26anti-fraud and anti-bribery in sport not just locally or in the Caribbean or the
00:35Americas but globally. Corruption in sport and the increasing infiltration of
00:44sport by the criminal elements and the criminal entities is a serious threat to
00:55the integrity of sport. It's often said money is the root of all evil. How true
01:01is that? While that is debatable many in the sporting world be it administrators
01:06or athletes have tarnished their names because of their actions and once again
01:10Lewis is peeved as a result. There must be an insistence on financial
01:18transparency and accountability financial accountability and financial
01:24integrity. We have to be intolerant and you know there are too many things that
01:33quote-unquote slips between the cracks and there are too many things that are
01:39allowed to pass. Lewis is the Secretary General of the Caribbean Association of
01:44National Olympic Committees also known as CANOC. CANOC is also a member of the
01:48Sport Integrity Global Alliance. You know CANOC's commitment to anti-corruption in
01:55sport and anti-corruption in the Caribbean Olympic movement is evident.
02:02There must so ever be the will or the political will so to speak from the
02:08sport leaders to really have the courage and the commitment to insist on strict
02:18policies in relation to anti-corruption in sport. Speaking of which Lewis is also
02:23the co-chairman of the Sport Integrity Global Alliance also known as SIGA.
02:27Fenod Nawani, Chiefs Export.
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