THE ACT OF MATCH-FIXING AS A CRIMINAL ACT OF BRIBERY IN A SOCCER MATCH

Abstract

Soccer is one of the most popular and sought-after sports among the public. With the development of the times, soccer has also been used as a business industry with various forms of violations. One of them is match fixing. There are no specific regulations governing bribery for match fixing in soccer matches, so Law Number 11 of 1980 concerning Criminal Acts of Bribery is used to resolve this issue. The purpose of this study is to determine the application of Article 2 of Law Number 11 of 1980 concerning Criminal Acts of Bribery to the practice of match fixing in soccer and legal reforms to Law Number 11 of 1980 concerning Criminal Acts of Bribery in combating the practice of match fixing in soccer. This study uses a normative juridical method. The results of the study show that the application of Article 2 of Law Number 11 of 1980 concerning Criminal Acts of Bribery still has many weaknesses, so that the regulation is not yet effective in preventing match-fixing. Therefore, it is necessary to update the law through the establishment of specific criminal norms that explicitly prohibit bribery for match-fixing in soccer matches.