Display
New scandal in world football governing body Fifa: Witnesses report Ticket jacking and collusion in the awarding of football World Championship 2022 Qatar.
Suddenly one pushes the suitcase in the room , A carrying case, printed with France’s national colors and an old, white Ferrari. “We wanted him thus give pleasure” says Benny Alon, “Jérôme drives yes like white Ferraris.” If one believes Alon, ex-professional footballer and ticket retailers from Arizona, the contents of the trunk was more likely to enjoy the FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke and Ferrari fan. Thick wad of money, a six-figure sum should have been the beginning of April 2013 packed in a Zurich bank deposit in the case – the so-called “Documents”. Alon says that was her cipher for cash. For information on passing it but did not come for reasons of timing have Valcke asked, locked away the “Documents”. He would only clarify his private situation.
months before the election to Valcke have said the 2022 World Cup is Qatar already promised
That sounds adventurous. But Alon, head of the Zurich Ticket Alerts JB Sports Marketing , presented to a mail Valckes of 3 April 2013. It reads: “Documents are my pension fund if I am the end of 2014 or at the latest in the first half of 2015 should look elsewhere than the Fifa. ” It threatens indeed a struggle candidacy for the FIFA presidency, therefore Valcke wanted only “clarify my future position”.
DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach
“I very much hope that we to get at the meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee next week an explanation. “
Was it so that are” documents “that Valcke with his pension linked, money from a corrupt ancillary to a ticketing contract he had sealed the FIFA general with JB? A payment never came, months later the contract by FIFA to their General marketer match has been transferred in order to avoid complications with the laws in the World Cup Brazil. JB was a partner of Match. Because the tickets should have been agreed but never delivered, it came to the break – and last Thursday the prosecution at Zürich’s guild house. Valcke denies strictly any enrichment accusation. Via lawyer had notified the Frenchman, all accusations were “designed and fictitious”. He never received money or agreed to accept such by JB
Display
could not prevent the denial Valckes abrupt suspension by Fifa on Thursday evening. Only hours after Alon and JB-CEO Heinz Schild, a Swiss lawyer, 15 international press representatives had come several hours presentation to Fifa business world around the billion-cake of World Cup tickets and hospitality service. In “Zunfthaus zur Saffern” also sat a posted from Fifa circles attorney; tense he recorded with. It can be assumed that the Materialsichtung Valckes has fired suspension. Secured is that far more explosive charges were put forward which, if applicable transcend far beyond the person Valcke. They concern the Fifa top general.
As Secretary-General to the President of FIFA: the suspended Jérôme Valcke (left) and Sepp Blatter.
(Photo: Andy Mueller / Witters )
Aim These allegations on the World Cup award 2022 Qatar. When vote of Fifa’s Executive Board on December 2, 2010, the hot desert Sprengel had celebrated a landslide victory against the supposed favorites USA. Soon even the Fifa recognized the need, the suspicion of corruption around the world championship doubleheader Award 2018 (Russia) and pursue 2022nd Alon is now claiming that Valcke had twice, in spring and autumn of 2010, well before the Fifa freestyle, assured the 2022 World Cup was awarded to Qatar firmly. A joke among sports fans?
Ironically has Alon witnesses. The product allegedly being second Qatari statement in a local Zurich, his wife and an acquaintance were present. The latter, the Geneva banker Marco Vitali, came to JB presentation to the guild house and confirmed Alon version. Also present was also marketing expert Ulrich Linke; confirming that Alon had phoned him after allegedly Valckes first statement and asked whether Qatar had chances as World Cup host. “Inconceivable”, Left wants answered – from insider’s view, he was at the time, mid-2010, Chief of the Qatari league. Moreover, Alon will have informed senior representatives of the US Association USSF repeatedly over such Valcke statement – this should now state whether this is the case
” enrichment infobox “> h3>
In a mail dated April 3, 2013 writes FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke at the ticket dealer Benny Alon: The scheduled meetings was difficult, but should Alon “the documents locked away somewhere” until next time. If he, Valcke, would be crucial for a future in Fifa, these documents had to be “pension fund”. What could that be for documents that – assuming the authenticity of e-mail – would be able to ensure Valckes age insurance? According to Alon was “documents” the code word for a big pile of bills, which he claims to have packed for Valcke already in a rolling suitcase. Valcke denies this.
Two facts give the charge weight. Firstly Alon had made such a statement Valckes the marrow. In ticketing contract, the Valcke had sealed in April 2010 with JB, there are under 4.2 a strange scheme: Tickets receives JB for 2022 “only if this World Cup tournament is organized by the US Football Federation”. Otherwise: no tickets
On the other hand Valcke has already taken similar Qatari utterances.. In the turmoil of the Fifa Präsidentschaftskür 2011 FIFA vice Jack Warner presented a mail Valckes. It wrote the FIFA general, Blatter’s former challenger Bin Hammam think “he could buy the Fifa – as Qatar the 2022 World Cup.” Valcke did the mail without further ado as “private note” from. You would not have to what. So simply worked around the world, the all-powerful Fifa in Switzerland for many years. Only recently can be found hard, private sector bribery as Offizialdelikt should also capture high sports officials – of which there are in Switzerland more than anywhere else
Valckes departure, however, is also a signal for Blatter’s loss of power, at the headquarters at. Zurich Berg lead obviously long external lawyers the scepter. That the president yet his general would fall, has always been considered unimaginable. Ever Valcke had been sacked by FIFA, the end of 2006 as chief marketing officer. At the time he had finished sponsorship contracts with two credit card companies in parallel. Documents were falsified, Valcke lied to many participants, a US court’s opinion in Blatter’s mandate
The affair cost the Fifa over 100 million dollars.; Only 90 million cashed the ausgebootete ex-partner Mastercard. The question of who has caused the damage, Blatter went pious ethics committee after never. Here it smells very penetrant Causa: Already in mid-2007 took the sinner back Blatter, as top paid staff. Since then, the number two in the FIFA acts faithfully in Blatters services. Where the question is unanswered, as ever succeeded the Frenchman in the Fifa. In 2003 he took over the management of the new marketing department, which was founded after the bankruptcy of the old house agency ISL 2,001th The Swiss sports rights trader had 142 million francs have been enough bribes to senior officials, also in the Fifa. And Valcke, 2001 worked for the Paris media group Vivendi, was one of the last external persons who could acquaint themselves with the ISL books; the agency was desperate for a buyer. Weeks later, in May 2001, Blatter led a remarkable correspondence with Valckes lawyer: He forbade blackmail by its clients against Fifa executives
Heuert you as a man.? And, Mystery two: Holt thought of as administrative chief on board, after having him later the operation just inflicted enormous economic damage
Valcke, 54, whose private interests rather for Kick boxing and skiing than football? has always been the man in the shadows. Private media appointments he was afraid, especially since the inevitable threat: the question of whether he possessed a dossier on Blatter. Hard to say how many times he has been denied. In Fifa has the Ex-Rights dealer Narrenfreiheit, the statement of the sluggish world championship organizer Brazil need time “a kick in the butt,” hurt him so little like the one that it had also advantages for global sports events if the host country somewhat autocratic was. After Fifa tradition the relationship is also housed in the football business: the son and the new companion. Tightest wires used Valcke to Ricardo Teixeira, one of the most corrupt Fifa figures. The Brazilian is the focus of the US investigation into the Fifa; as he ausschlachtete the national football downright, committees of inquiry in Brasília have found. With Teixeira Valcke has created the Brazilian championship dossier during its six-month break Fifa 2007
-
Chronicle – The Fifa system
The world football body and Joseph Blatter are more in focus by the Swiss authorities and the FBI: Well, there are indications that Qatar has been awarded the contract for the Football World Championships in 2022 several months before the vote. The second most important man in the Fifa crashes probably because he is said to have earned on ticket sales at the 2006 World Cup in Germany
Looking back:. FIFA is a federation with mostly very controversial structures and business practices Picture: Steffen Schmidt / dpa
-
Chronicle – The Fifa system
So it looks like the roll of honor of the former FIFA President – and it is not particularly long. Only eight people led the International Football Federation since its inception in 1904. At the top: men, knows the office dressed in some cases more than 30 years. Since time immemorial, Fifa is a registered in the commercial register association within the meaning of the Swiss Civil Code. This also means that the association really can not make any financial gains. The revenue that can be achieved, for example, at the FIFA World Cup, must be invested internally again. Whether and how this happens, debatable observers for years
Picture:. Imago sport photoservices
-
Chronicle – The Fifa system
The” younger “history of Fifa begins with the takeover of Brazilian Jean-Marie Faustin Goedefroid de Havelange, short Joao Havelange (center). The trained lawyer from Rio duped in 1974 the then incumbent Sir Stanley Rous in the election for president, by exploiting the political neutrality of its predecessor with a little instinct. Havelange, then almost 60, positioned itself cleverly as more smooth reformer and built on an increase in the World Cup from 16 to 24 participants. Not least because of this classic of votes Fangs he secured his choice – but also a number of brown envelopes should be reached in back rooms to the right people
-
Chronicle – The Fifa system starts
The “younger” history of Fifa with the takeover of Brazilian Jean-Marie Faustin Goedefroid de Havelange, short Joao Havelange (center). The trained lawyer from Rio duped in 1974 the then incumbent Sir Stanley Rous in the election for president, by exploiting the political neutrality of its predecessor with a little instinct. Havelange, then almost 60, positioned itself cleverly as more smooth reformer and built on an increase in the World Cup from 16 to 24 participants. Not least because of this classic of votes Fangs he secured his choice – but also a number of brown envelopes should be reached in back rooms to the right people
Image: LM. Otero / AP
-
Chronicle – The system Fifa
In his last re-election in 1994 Havelange should have applied all sorts of tricks in order not to fall victim to a coup. The end of 1993 the Sun King had come to a sports political sidelines, because he had provoked a confrontation with fellow countryman Pelé (center). The idol of the Seleção had accused the Fifa boss of complicity in corruption swamp of Brazilian football because Havelange’s son Ricardo Teixeira (r.) Tried to extort bribes from Pelé’s company for the award of television rights. The saint held with rigid sense of family to Teixeira and served from Pelé. Finally Havelange saved his re-election in the usual way: he promised the increase in WM, this time to 32 teams – and thus securing again the voices of exotic Fiji to Zambia
Picture:. Eraldo Peres / AP
-
Chronicle – The system Fifa
In the shadow of Havelange is positioned in 1981 a Secretary-General called Joseph S. Blatter (right). Despite all the reform needs after Havelange scandals of the Swiss economist from the Valais survived all restructuring in office – probably because he knew too much about the affairs of his boss and internal cash flows of the Association. 1998, when 82-year-old Havelange cleared the field, the choice of all fell on Blatter, who had now become his foster son. Blatter sat on highly controversial manner again by this time against challenger Lennart Johansson (left)
Picture:. REUTERS
-
Chronicle – The Fifa system
In a turbulent night the Swiss were suddenly the voices of African delegates flown – losers Johansson was next day in exasperation: “The game is over, let’s go have lunch,” cried the Attempted than democratizer Swede. That at Blatter’s election bribery could have been in the game, seemed likely, since the evening after the election two dozen officials Johansson swore that they originally had for him want to vote. The hotel should have come to the hectic negotiations, as a result of which the Africans are said to have sold their votes for $ 50,000 apiece – about 20 delegates to be swung around by Johansson to Blatter. Long regarded as a stronghold of the Fifa nepotism – even more so after the World Cup dubious deals for …
Picture: REUTERS
-
Chronicle – The Fifa system
… the years 2002 and 2006 with media mogul Leo Kirch and the Swiss sports rights agency ISL, two companies that later went bankrupt. It is unclear to this day, as was decided in 2000 to award the 2006 World Cup to Germany. One thing is certain, however: the majority vote of the Executive Committee in favor of Germany was preceded by numerous monuments. Arms sales of German politics or investments in the German economy in Asia should be associated with the World Cup votes – at the end was the abstention of the New Zealand delegate Charles Dempsey decisive for the German bid. Should that the now deceased Dempsey agree to a short while earlier for Tenderers South Africa and suddenly found his heart for the Germans, the satirical magazine Titanic is explained as follows:. A gift basket with Black Forest specialties and a cuckoo clock could have charmed him
Picture: dpa
-
Chronicle – The Fifa system
opponents had Blatter enough: But neither his challenger in the presidential election in 2002, the Cameroonian Issa Hayatou, yet the former Blatter-pupil Michel Zen-Ruffinen, the (re, then Secretary-General.) had become one of the main critics of his Swiss compatriot, could the Fifa boss touch you. Shortly after his re-election dismissed Blatter Zen Ruffinen, who had even made a criminal complaint for corruption in two cases, and for abuse of authority and mismanagement, together with eleven of 24 executive members. Zen Ruffinens comment: “The Fifa is now run as a dictatorship.” Blatter spoke against it of a “smear campaign”
Picture:. REUTERS
-
Chronicle – The Fifa system
then in 2007 lacked a rival candidate to Blatter. His re-election in Zurich described some media as “Coronation Mass”, also from “football godfather” was repeatedly mentioned. And the boss? Staged in the meantime even as big cleanup makers in the federation, who promised to put an end to the bottom of rumors, allegations enrichment and backroom deals. Serious challenger had the Swiss already not – he also reached the 2010 World Cup in South Africa one of his goals in life: He could be celebrated as international intelligent man who had first placed a major event in Africa. On the side of South African President Jacob Zuma (r.) Opened Blatter the tournament
Picture:. Dpa
-
Chronicle – The Fifa system
A year later followed Blatter renewed official confirmation as” football Caesar “. Although, a lot of promises, his election opponents Mohammed Bin Hammam (li.), Then chief of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), his candidacy drew back unceremoniously. “The recent incidents have hurt me in official and private ways and disappointed,” it said in a statement Bin Hammam, “I can not allow the prestige of Fifa is more and more drawn into the dirt. That’s why I decided to withdraw my candidacy. ” The called “incidents” related to investigations of Fifa against his person. The world championship doubleheader lending to Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022) landed Blatter his next coup – and that, although at least the desert state is not necessarily regarded as egregious football country
Picture: picture. alliance / dpa
-
Chronicle – The Fifa System
The Ethics Commission recently founded the World Association had initiated proceedings against Bin Hammam, FIFA vice-president Jack Warner and two officials from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) – then was Blatter’s re-election a mere formality. With a result that looked like Voters in totalitarian states, the Swiss took his fourth term. The account of the Fifa investigation discredited and now arrested Warner (li.) Later claimed that he had the World Cup television rights for the Caribbean region by FIFA repeatedly personally at low prices received for resale because it leaves in its “brutal” election campaigns have crucial support. Whether it is in 2011 been so
Picture: dpa
-
Chronicle – The Fifa system
Since then ruled Blatter continued cheerfully and hits himself with the most controversial political greats of the world. For example, at the European Championships 2012, when he was received by the of human rights violations criticized Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. In order to give the moralists outwardly Blatter stands even before the FIFA Ethics Committee, which now is to work for greater transparency in the association itself. And not only that: also in sporting matters to the world football boss is recently open: So Blatter has personally ensured that FIFA will set the future in goal-line rather than fact decisions of the referees – an agent which he himself had been rejecting for years.
Picture: REUTERS
-
Chronicle – The Fifa system
Since then ruled Blatter continued cheerfully and hits himself with the most controversial political greats of the world. For example, at the European Championships 2012, when he was received by the of human rights violations criticized Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. In order to give the moralists outwardly Blatter stands even before the FIFA Ethics Committee, which now is to work for greater transparency in the association itself. And not only that: also in sporting matters to the world football boss is recently open: So Blatter has personally ensured that FIFA will set the future in goal-line rather than fact decisions of the referees – an agent which he himself had been rejecting for years.
Picture: Getty Images
-
Chronicle – The Fifa system
The investigation into the Fifa go further: The FBI raided on suspicion of fraud, corruption, money laundering and tax evasion in connection with football-Deals of the American confederations Conmebol (South America) and Concacaf (North and Central America and Caribbean) by the Swiss justice is a complaint against unknown – it is targeted on suspicion of fraud in the awarding of the World Cup finals in 2018 in Russia and 2022 to Qatar to
. Picture: REUTERS
-
Chronicle – The Fifa system
In July the house ethics committee of Fifa opened his former Fifa official Chuck Blazer lifetime for any activity in the football business. Blazer was a key figure in “offer, acceptance, payment and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments, bribes and kickbacks” and was involved in other remunerative systems. Blazer, by 2013 a total of 16 years as a member of the powerful executive committee of Fifa, had known even before the US Justice guilty
Picture:. Frank May / dpa
-
Chronicle – The Fifa system
The second most important Man of Fifa falls: Against the general secretary and confidant Blatter Jerome Valcke serious allegations are known. He should have tried to enrich themselves at the ticket sales for the World Championships 2010-2022. Meanwhile, Fifa threatens the precaution to take legal action, allegations against their president Sepp Blatter should be loud in connection with the ticket affair. “Any person expressing such accusations must expect legal consequences”, tells the Fifa
Picture:. Shaun Botterill / Getty Images
Previous Image Next Photo
Notes on Valckes management should also be interested in the FBI. This goes to the question of why the FIFA general in 2008 approved a ten-million-dollar transfer to the former FIFA vice-Jack Warner (Trinidad and Tobago). Warner had previously made strong for the World Cup award to South Africa of 2010. The money had flowed from the FIFA headquarters, but said to have been no corruption, but aid to the “African football Diaspora in the Caribbean”. So declared South Africa’s soccer boss Danny Jordaan, the sum which had flowed from a certain pot for the World Cup. Only a strange process of many.
No comments:
Post a Comment