The deployment at the press conference recalled the information to the public for a felony or a terrorist act: The tips of the US government, the judiciary and federal police marched on Wednesday morning together in New York City in order to inform on the latest developments in world football governing body Fifa.
But that may well fit. The arrest of now seven Fifa top officials in Switzerland and the USA the night before gave clear indications that touch the worlds of sport and crime in this regard.
“millions of dollars” had flowed for bribery in official elections, for marketing rights and the allocation of venues for at least the past two decades, said Loretta Lynch, the new Minister of Justice by President Barack Obama.
Immense sums flowed
The investigations of the period to 1991 would have begun, so Lynch. Your remarks made it clear that it is in the now arrested by the accused, who have violated US laws. By implication, this means: If other Fifa officials have used outside the United States for the postponement of their corruption money accounts, they face no risk on the part of US authorities
But their machinations should nevertheless come in the course of investigations and legal proceedings on the table and the prosecution authorities of other countries will be made available.
Immense amounts shown under including the promotion of football for kids were just meant for in developing countries were, flowed into the pockets of functionaries, Lynch said. The accused threatened up to 20 years in prison for having converted a sports federation in a criminal enterprise, so Lynch.
The arrests and the impending trial of the Fifa grandees represents the first major event for the Minister, which fall could begin a few weeks ago against the Washington now too usual resistance of Congress, succeeding Eric Holder office.
No word on the 2006 World Cup
Your Acting Attorney General Kelly Currie said that the accused had “corrupted the principle legitimate process” through which the world football body and its regional associations to Sport organized. For example, the 2010 FIFA World Cup were in adopted in 2004 award was granted to South Africa bribes.
On demand Currie said if the organization of the tournament in 2014 Brazil was carried out by improper means, will still investigating. The hosting of the 2006 World Cup in Germany was at the press conference not to language.
Fifa Manager conceding kickbacks from marketing companies that in turn the rights to broadcast TV channels or radio stations sold, Currie explained the system, without going into details. Often middlemen were used to disguise the cash flows.
2011 were flowed bribes Asian Fifa-regional association AFC to influence the presidential elections in the parent association. At that time, Sepp Blatter was elected for a fourth term as head of the multi-billion dollar organization. Whether the corruption was associated with Blatter, not Currie said.
It was the beginning of the investigations
On a demand he answered back, Blatter not one of those currently accused, and whether it plays a role in the ongoing investigations, he did not say. On Friday, Blatter wants in Zurich again be elected to FIFA President
“I want to clearly say. This is the beginning, not the end of our efforts “, Currie took the investigative work together. That may some tremble in world football body.
Those in the Fifa, which now the process is to be made, US laws have all been injured or the US Financial System misused to make bribes or to hide. The said FBI Director James Comey. He wanted to make clear “that anyone who committed his fraud within our shores, held responsible,” promised the head of the US federal police. He was defending itself against the cynicism, news of corruption with a shoulder twitch “is how it works halt” to accept.
“We show the Fifa the Red Card”
Comey also made clear that a focus of the investigation was focused in the US on CONCACAF, the regional association for North, Central and South America. As early as November 2013, the former CONCACAF general secretary Charles Blazer had known in ten charges against the US Attorney’s Office guilty, including conspiracy to commit crime, money laundering, bank fraud and tax fraud.
In addition to Blazer four other former football functionaries and marketing executives in relation to the US Department of Justice have the obvious confessed their involvement broad network of corruption in world football; their testimony, for they expect relief Criminal likely to have contributed significantly to the current arrests.
At the end of the press conference it was almost footballing. Richard Weber, head of the department to combat crime the US tax authority IRS, praised the work of his people and their “not yet completed the global fight against corruption and money laundering”. In this case, it “really for the World Championship of fraud, and we will show the Fifa the Red Card” go.
on the green grass is the footballing breakthrough the Sport Nation USA still pending; with their investigations into corruption and crime in the Fifa and its subdivisions to make the United States elsewhere deserves to world football.
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