Fifa: Jack Warner banned for life by the Ethics Committee – SPIEGEL ONLINE

The ethics committee of Fifa Jack Warner has banned for life. The former vice president of the Football World Association has played a major role in providing, receiving and accepting illegal payments in his time as a functionary. This was announced by the ethics committee.

The decision, which was announced by the German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert (Munich) as chairman of the adjudicatory chamber, was based on the investigations of championship Award 2018 (Russia) and 2022 (Qatar ) takes place. Chief investigator Cornel Borbély determined in January 2015 compared to the former president of the continental federation Concacaf (North and Central America and the Caribbean), who is currently fighting in his homeland against extradition to the US.

Warner heard there about the displayed Fifa officials who are threatened with criminal proceedings. “Mr. Warner has continuously many and different offenses committed,” the Commission stated. Warners name also appeared in the criminal complaint against FIFA President Joseph Blatter. The Swiss is accused of having signed with Warner, then President of the Caribbean Association of KFU, in 2005, an unfavorable for the Fifa contract.

Warners extradition from Trinidad and Tobago to the United States is imminent. The 72-year-old threatened for money laundering, serious corruption and excessive conspiracy tied a long prison sentence.

Uefa chief Michel Platini was questioned last Friday by the Swiss authorities as a witness. The Frenchman also defended on Monday the payment of two million Swiss francs by Blatter. The Ethics Commission determined date against Blatter and Platini and checks a suspension of two top officials.

The Costa Rican football functionary Eduardo Li is meanwhile nearing extradition between Switzerland and the USA. This was announced by the Federal Office of Justice (FOJ). The former president of his home association now has 30 days to challenge the authorization of his rendition. Li is one of the seven arrested in late May in Zurich people who are seen as key figures in the corruption scandal.

“Li is accused of taking bribes in the sale of marketing rights at the qualifying matches for the World Cup 2018 an American sports marketing company”, the FOJ notified. This is also in Switzerland a criminal behavior.

“Then Li has massively influenced the competition by accepting bribes for awarding sports marketing contracts and distorts the market for media rights related to the World Cup qualifiers,” wrote the BJ: “Other sports marketing companies have been discriminated against; also, inter alia, the Football Federation of Costa Rica it has been prevented to negotiate most favorable marketing contracts.”