UEFA: a Memorandum of understanding with Europol renewed to protect "the integrity of European football"

"UEFA and the European Union's law enforcement agency Europol have renewed and extended their Memorandum of Understanding, focused on protecting the integrity of European football and preventing and combatting crime," announced the two organisations on 05/11/2025.

"The agreement builds on the institutions' past cooperation, particularly focused on the fight against match-fixing, while broadening the scope of cooperation around how to respond when faced with new and developing organised crime-related challenges. This includes cooperation, exchanging of information and the provision of expertise in the areas of major football events, sports corruption, match-fixing and money laundering in football, racism, xenophobia and violent extremism as well as illegal activities around the unlawful streaming or transmission of audio-visual content, where related to serious or organised crime affecting two or more EU Member State," said UEFA and Europol.

"The areas of cooperation extend to the detection of suspicious transactions and activities around transfers of players, investment in clubs…