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Anti-Corruption and Security Unit Terms of Reference:
To assist the ICC Code of Conduct Commission and the Members of ICC in the eradication of conduct of a corrupt nature prejudicial to the interests of the game of cricket.

To provide a professional, permanent security infrastructure to act as a long term deterrent to conduct of a corrupt nature prejudicial to the interests of the game of cricket.

Role and Responsibilities:
The ICC Anti-Corruption Unit was set up to provide international cricket with a dedicated, professional operation to tackle the problem of match-fixing and corruption.

Its first Terms of Reference covered the three year period up to the end of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 in South Africa. Those original Terms have been reviewed and amended to recognise the wider role now required. With effect from July 2003, the Anti-Corruption Unit was renamed as the ICC Anti-Corruption and Security Unit.

The change in nomenclature is slight but appropriate as the Unit takes on a broader mandate that gives equal weight to the prevention and investigation of corruption.

Its two principal roles are:

To assist the ICC Code of Conduct Commission and the Members of ICC in the eradication of conduct of a corrupt nature prejudicial to the interests of the game of cricket.

To provide a professional, permanent security infrastructure to act as a long-term deterrent to conduct of a corrupt nature prejudicial to the interests of the game of cricket.

Lord Condon, formerly Director of the ACU, now leads the Unit as Chairman. He acts in consultation with ICC Chief Executive, Malcolm Speed. Day-to-day operational responsibility rests with Jeff Rees as General Manager and Chief Investigator.

The Anti-Corruption and Security Unit is an operating division of the ICC Code of Conduct Commission, which is chaired by Michael Beloff QC.

The Unit continues to operate from independent offices in Queen Anne's Gate, central London. In addition to the Chairman and General Manager, there is a full time staff of five regional security managers (based in Australia, India, Pakistan, South Africa and the UK), and two investigators, an intelligence officer and an administrator, all based in London.

ICC Regional Security Managers:
Since June 2002 the ICC has employed five Regional Security Managers. Their brief is to provide international cricket with a full time security network to protect the game from the risk of corruption.

Each of the Security Managers works with two international teams. They are contracted to the ICC on a full time basis and attend every series or tournament held in their assigned territories.

Regional Security Managers are responsible for overseeing the implementation of all anti-corruption security measures agreed by Member Boards and their teams for all international cricket. They ensure that there is strictly controlled access to dressing rooms and other player areas. As part of this protocol special photo boards are erected outside the player areas with details of those permitted to enter. The only mobile phone that can be used in the dressing room is that of the team manager.

The Security Managers also liase closely with the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit in England, ensuring that relevant information is passed on to the Investigation and Intelligence units at the London headquarters.

If both teams assigned to a Security Manager are playing at the same time one of the other Managers provides cover.

The appointment of Security Managers was one of the major recommendations put forward by Lord Condon's report and accepted by the ICC Executive Board.

The candidates were selected after a global recruitment campaign personally overseen by ICC Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Speed and Lord Condon, Director of the ICC Anti Corruption Unit, that targeted candidates with outstanding service in police forces and the military.

Upon the announcement of the first-ever Regional Security Managers, Lord Condon said: "The highly professional security infrastructure now being put in place will provide the game with a discreet but effective long term deterrent. The aim is to rid corruption from cricket once and for all, but without sacrificing the enjoyment of players and those who follow the game."

Biographies of Regional Security Managers:


Arrie de Beer
	South Africa and Zimbabwe Based: Johannesburg A former senior police officer in South Africa, Arrie was the Superintendent in charge of the VIP Protection Unit for the South African Police in Pretoria.

Lt Col Nuruddin Khawaja
	Pakistan and Bangladesh Based: Lahore After a successful and varied career spanning 28 years in the Pakistan army, Nuruddin joined the Pakistan Cricket Board in 1999 and has since worked as its Manager for Domestic Cricket. He completed a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Punjab University in 2000 and acted as the PCB's liaison officer with the Anti Corruption Unit during its visit to Pakistan last year.

John Rhodes
	Australia and New Zealand Based: Sydney John was a serving Inspector with the New South Wales Police Force before accepting the new ICC post. His professional sporting links include a secondment from NSW Police to the Sydney Olympic Games Organising Committee, touring with the Australian Rugby Union team as its Risk Management Advisor and representing his country in the martial art of Tae Kwon Do.

Ron Hope
	England and West Indies Based: London Ron is the former Police Commander for Islington Borough in London having previously held a number of senior operational positions during a 30-year career with the Metropolitan Police. He completed a Masters Degree in Business Management at the Open University in 2002. Since retiring from the Service in 2003 he has worked as a policing and community safety adviser.

N S Virk
	India and Sri Lanka Based: New Delhi A former Superintendent with India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), N S Virk was heavily involved in the investigative work that led to the publication of the major CBI Report into Cricket Match Fixing and Related Malpractices in November 2000.