In Zurich Hotel “Baur au Lac”, Swiss authorities in the early morning several senior Fifa officials, including the Vice-President of Webb and Figueredo arrested. They are accused of money laundering, fraud and organized crime. All information in the live ticker.
It is the day of the great FIFA quake. Around 48 hours before the expected re-election of the controversial Fifa president Sepp Blatter seven top officials of the Football World Association arrested in Zurich. The FBI assigned to the access in Switzerland. FIFA has now suspended these eleven officials:
- Jeffrey Webb (Cayman Islands)
- Eduardo Li (Costa Rica )
- Julio Rocha (Nicaragua)
- Costas Takkas (United Kingdom)
- Jack Warner (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Eugenio Figueredo (Uruguay)
- Rafael Esquivel (Venezuela)
- José Maria Marin (Brazil)
- Nicolas Leoz (Paraguay)
- Chuck Blazer (USA)
- Daryll Warner (Trinidad and Tobago).
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Costa Rica investigation Fifa functionary Li
22.10 Clock: After the arrest of the Costa Rican FIFA functionary Eduardo Li in Switzerland has also initiated the prosecution of his native country investigation into the association leader. It should be clarified whether possibly flowed bribes to Costa Rica had reached, reported the newspaper “La Nación” on Wednesday, citing the prosecutor.
Li was on Wednesday in Zurich together with six other football arrested officials. The US authorities
they suspected of having accepted bribes amounting to over $ 100 million
Despite recent revelations. FIFA Congress opens
22.00 Clock: in Zurich to this Thursday (17.00 clock) to be opened despite the recent revelations and arrests of the Congress of world football governing body FIFA. However, the European football’s governing body will discuss at their meeting earlier about a possible boycott of the Assembly of the 209 FIFA member countries. After the arrest of several senior officials and the FIFA ban on eleven official UEFA had requested a postponement of the Congress and the scheduled actually for Friday presidential elections by six months on Wednesday.
Brazilian President Rousseff advocates investigation against Fifa officials
21.53 Clock: The Brazilian head of state Dilma Rousseff has pledged to support the authorities in the corruption investigations against leading Fifa officials. The investigation was very important, the President said Wednesday at her state visit to Mexico. The Brazilian government will cooperate with the US authorities when it was wanted.
They also support an investigation into the procurement procedure for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. “I find all World Championships, all activities have to be investigated,” Rousseff said.
Blatter says: “All those involved are taken out of play”
20.47 Clock: According to the arrest of several Fifa officials has become the president of the International Football Association Sepp Blatter expressed. In a statement on the Fifa website he showed understanding for the “disappointment that many have expressed.” Blatter stressed that the arrests were due to an initiative of the Fifa last year, as the world governing body forwarded a dossier to the Swiss authorities
With regard to the allegations of corruption he write:. “Let me clearly say. Such missteps have no place in football and we will ensure that all those involved be removed from the game “Blatter assured that FIFA will continue to cooperate with the authorities and” energetic work within the Fifa because any wrongdoing eradicate “
20.04 clock. The Fifa has eleven officials provisionally prohibited for all football activities. Among them were also the Vice President Jeffrey Webb and Eugenio Figueredo, the world governing body announced by a decision of its Ethics Committee.
Uefa calls to boycott the FIFA meeting on
19.50 Clock: The European Football Union calls for the postponement of the planned for Friday presidential election at the congress of the World Association Fifa. This tells the Uefa with after a meeting in Warsaw. “Today’s events are a disaster for the Fifa and damage the image of football,” it said in a Uefa announcement. The Congress was threatening to become a farce. Therefore, should the European associations to think about boycotting the meeting of the 209 FIFA member countries. The Fifa need a new leadership. “That’s why Congress should move and be organized within the next six months a new presidential election,” demanded the Uefa
Video:. Comment on the Fifa quake in Switzerland
19.18 Clock: The former FIFA vice-Jack Warner of Trinidad and Tobago has maintained his innocence after the arrests in Zurich. He has not been interrogated and also no longer active in football, says the ex-functionary of the World Federation. In television channel “TV6″ he emphasizes: “The US authorities know where to find me.” He could “sleep at night”.
19.00 Clock: Russia has sharply criticized against several officials of the Football World governing body FIFA suspicion of corruption the US investigation in Switzerland. The arrests of several suspects in Switzerland are an “illegal application of US law” outside the US territory, divides the Foreign Ministry in Moscow. Russia calls on the US to abide by international legal processes
18.10 clock. “This is the World Cup of fraud and today we show the Fifa the Red Card “, has the head of the US tax investigation, Richard Weber, said today in New York. Weber also spoke of “a great day for the global fight against corruption, money laundering and tax evasion”
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