The International Swimming Federation (FINA) said on Monday it would set up an integrity unit as part a number of reforms to improve the governance, transparency and culture of the organisation. FINA’s Reform Committee published a report recommending changes to address concerns over the governing body’s operational independence and possible conflicts of interest in handling anti-doping violations. The Committee recommended reforms in six key areas, including the creation of an Aquatics Integrity Unit (AIU) to oversee anti-doping, event manipulation and corruptible offences and ethical violations. FINA has been urged by the Committee to disband its Doping Panel in favour of prosecuting potential violations before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and to create an Adjudicatory Chamber to replace the current Ethics Panel. “For years, FINA has been criticized for the way in which it handles not only alleged anti-doping rule violations, but all other matters of integrity such as …