The Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions, better known as the Macolin Convention, is a multilateral treaty that aims to prevent, detect, and punish match fixing in sport.
A major focus of the convention is to prevent and punish illegal sports betting operations and to prevent conflicts of interest in legal sports betting operators and sports organisations.
The Macolin Convention entered into force on 1 September 2019.
It has been ratified by Norway, Portugal, Ukraine, Moldova, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Belgium, France, Iceland, Lithuania, Spain, Sweden, and Serbia.
It has been signed by 40 other European States and by Australia, Morocco, and Russia.