Crimes of corruption in sports in Spain, Portugal and Brazil. Similarities and differences

Abstract

In recent decades, as a result of globalization, the prospect that the phenomena of corruption are only a local problem has been exceeded, aff ecting the public sector of individual states, and it’s been considered, increasingly, a transboundary problem. This has intensifi ed the interest of various supranational bodies in the prevention and suppression of them. The evolution of current societies has shown that illegal bribery can settle not only in the public sphere, but also in the private and specifi cally in the sports fi eld, where more economically relevant interests are at stake. This paper attempts to compare the solutions provided by the criminal rules in Spain, Portugal and Brazil in repression of corrupt behavior in sports.