The corruption allegations against football officials always take skurrilere trains at: The focus of the revelations of corruption and mismanagement focus is especially Jack Warner from Trinidad and Tobago. Former schoolteacher rose once up to Vice President of International Football Association (FIFA), where he was in the inner circle of power of Fifa boss Joseph Blatter.
“autorTxt” Author: Michael Ashelm, editor-in business.
Now, of the 72-year-old politician and businessman from the Caribbean is one of the main suspects in the football scandal, in which it and bribes when doing business in Southern, Central North America and illegal payments around the World Cup award to South Africa goes. But the scandal a continuous discovery of new twists: As the British channel “BBC” now reported to the American prosecutors that are driving the current process, have determined against the former Fifa official also on suspicion of embezzlement of funds, which is actually for earthquake victims were thought to Haiti. There had come in January 2010 to the disaster, which claimed more than 300,000 victims.
Warner had the country at that time as a FIFA vice-president after the quake attended to support relief efforts financially, and received from FIFA and the Football Federation of South Korea $ 750,000. Perhaps it is not all or nothing has arrived. It could fit in the number of allegations with which Warner must deal currently. Since last week, Interpol named him along with another officer and four employees of Fifa in a Red Notice, to make the authorities aware of an extradition request of the United States.
Warner has been indicted in federal court in New York for several offenses, including fraud and money laundering. 2011 joined the longtime president of the Football Confederation in North and Central America and the Caribbean from its functions at the FIFA back, the world governing body locked him afterwards for violations of the ethics code for life.
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There are now an increasing number of allegations against Warner. A former Egyptian Minister of Sport as claimed Warner had demanded seven million US dollars for his voice in the allocation of World Cup 2010 tournament. The country was then part of the applicants, Warner sat as Fifa board member of the election committee. In 2004, the FIFA Executive spoke not Egypt, but South Africa 2010 World Cup to. Also for Warner to have conceded – Ten million dollars in three installments
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This sum charged especially the Fifa and thus their yet-President Blatter because the money diverted from Fifa grant for hosting the World Cup in South Africa and was transferred directly from a FIFA funds to a company controlled by Warner account. It would accumulate the number of affairs of the football functionary Warner only continue. From black-market ticket sales up to unfair payment of bonuses of their own association, the whole range of dark machinations was here anyway represented.
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