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A payment of 6.7 million euros of the German World Cup organizing committee of the FIFA causing a stir – the money could have been used unfairly

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Dark Shadows over the summer fairy tale: In awarding the 2006 World Cup to Germany, according to the news magazine Spiegel alleged bribes flowed in the millions. Involved were allegedly also Franz Beckenbauer as head of the organizing committee and the current DFB President Wolfgang Niersbach. The German Football Association (DFB), however, vehemently denies the charges.

It is about a total of 10.3 million Swiss francs (then 13 million DM / day 9.5 million euros), the then-Adidas- Chief Robert Louis-Dreyfus said to have been paid into a slush fund – a loan to convince officials in the Executive Committee of the world governing body FIFA in the awarding in 2000 of the German home World Cup. For the repayment of 6.7 million euros, the OC had chosen with Beckenbauer and the executive vice-president Niersbach in 2005 going through a FIFA account.

The payment to be granted the DFB a Friday , However, the money had been transferred with the purpose of promoting a FIFA-cultural program. “The payment was not related with the already around five years earlier made the award,” affirmed the DFB. But there was “indications” that the payment was “may not be in accordance with the stated purpose” used. An investigation is already over.

According to levels flowed 6.7 million euros disguised as a German contribution to a “time still planned, later canceled FIFA opening gala in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium”. From there, it should be forwarded to the died in 2009. Louis-Dreyfus. The million sum was allegedly used to buy the votes of the four Asian representatives in the 24-member FIFA ExCo. In addition, since the New Zealander Charles Dempsey last ballot surprisingly not voted on 6 July 2000, Germany won with 12:11 votes against South Africa

DFB:. “No evidence of irregularities”

“. As part of its audits of the DFB has no evidence of irregularities found Nor have any evidence found that votes were bought by delegates in the course of the application process,” informed the DFB with – just hours before the levels with his research went public. In recent months, there had always been such and similar rumors also Unfair Deals with the German economy has been speculation.

“I must always remember that we had the absolute best for this job. This has we FIFA certified by an independent commission. It has a vote given at 12:11. We know that the eight Europeans who voted for us. Where the other four came from, we can only speculate. The we believe “, had Niersbach declared in June at ZDF.

Notes on possible other use of the budget for the cultural program 6.7 million euros had Niersbach moved this summer to arrange an internal investigation into the operation. The audit includes loud DFB in consultation with external legal counsel, the question whether there are claims of the DFB on recovery in the context of this was going on. A final result, there is not yet, the initiated trials would be ongoing. Also, the Control Committee was involved.

Beckenbauer does not want to comment

The FIFA announced on SID -request first with the forward the case to the Audit and Compliance Commission. Its chairman is the Swiss Domenico Scala, who had recently drawn attention to themselves with far-reaching reform proposals.

Niersbach at the time was also the press officer of the organizing committee, said Beckenbauer board. The management of Beckenbauer wanted to “express no opinion” on SID -request to the rumors. On the Supervisory Board of the Committee, which was responsible for the later summer fairytale, sat among other things the current president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, the former Interior Minister Otto Schily and the current Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble.

Beckenbauer in 2007 member of the FIFA Executive Committee. On the power of the World Association in 2005, FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, who was suspended last week for 90 days, and General Secretary Urs Linsi were (both Switzerland).

The process is reminiscent in its fundamentals to the dubious payment of ten million dollars that had gone in 2008 by the South African Football Association SAFA a FIFA account at the Caribbean Regional Association CFU. The US Department of Justice holds that prompted the FIFA headquarters Transfer for bribe for the World Cup 2010 after the then CFU boss and FIFA Topfunktionär should have organized Jack Warner (Trinidad and Tobago) for the award of 2004 votes for the Africans. Representatives of the South African Association SAFA, however denote the sum as development assistance. FIFA knew this

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