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FIFA Officials Arrested Over Alleged ‘Rampant, Systematic’ $150M Bribery Scheme
May 27, 2015, 9:40 PM ET
By BRIAN ROSS, RHONDA SCHWARTZ, JOSH MARGOLIN and AARON KATERSKY
FIFA Officials Arrested Over Corruption
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/fifa-officials-arrested-federal-corruption-investigation/story?id=31326400
In a series of overnight busts, authorities arrested high-ranking FIFA officials over allegations of vast racketeering and corruption involving more than $150 million in bribes and kickbacks spanning two decades in soccer’s controversial governing body, law enforcement officials said.
In all, 14 people, which includes nine current or former FIFA figures and five involved in sports marketing, have been charged by the Department of Justice for allegedly “foster[ing] a culture of corruption and greed that created an uneven playing field for the biggest sport in the world,” as FBI Director James Comey put it. Police also executed a search warrant at a location in Miami related to the investigation.
The investigation grew out of allegations of payoffs to officials who decided where to hold the next two World Cups, the biggest international event in sports, that landed the games in Russia for 2018 and Qatar in 2022, according to three senior U.S. law enforcement officials. The U.S. was runner-up to Qatar’s win.
IJF President Meets FIFA President
http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3400
IJF AND SPORTACCORD PRESIDENT MEETS THE FIFA PRESIDENT
On 26th February 2015., the IJF President, Mr. Marius Vizer had the pleasure to visit the President of FIFA, Mr. Sepp Blatter, at the FIFA headquarters where discussions for the benefit of international Sport took place.
May 27, 2015, 9:40 PM ET
By BRIAN ROSS, RHONDA SCHWARTZ, JOSH MARGOLIN and AARON KATERSKY
FIFA Officials Arrested Over Corruption
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/fifa-officials-arrested-federal-corruption-investigation/story?id=31326400
In a series of overnight busts, authorities arrested high-ranking FIFA officials over allegations of vast racketeering and corruption involving more than $150 million in bribes and kickbacks spanning two decades in soccer’s controversial governing body, law enforcement officials said.
In all, 14 people, which includes nine current or former FIFA figures and five involved in sports marketing, have been charged by the Department of Justice for allegedly “foster[ing] a culture of corruption and greed that created an uneven playing field for the biggest sport in the world,” as FBI Director James Comey put it. Police also executed a search warrant at a location in Miami related to the investigation.
The investigation grew out of allegations of payoffs to officials who decided where to hold the next two World Cups, the biggest international event in sports, that landed the games in Russia for 2018 and Qatar in 2022, according to three senior U.S. law enforcement officials. The U.S. was runner-up to Qatar’s win.
IJF President Meets FIFA President
http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3400
IJF AND SPORTACCORD PRESIDENT MEETS THE FIFA PRESIDENT
On 26th February 2015., the IJF President, Mr. Marius Vizer had the pleasure to visit the President of FIFA, Mr. Sepp Blatter, at the FIFA headquarters where discussions for the benefit of international Sport took place.
