Fifa scandal – FBI takes Blatters new secrets targeted – Süddeutsche.de

• The corruption case of marketing agency ISL one of the largest sport political scandals.
• Now roll the FBI the case to New, and examines the role of suspended Fifa chief Sepp Blatter.
• A still unknown letter Blatter could be fatal.

John Aumüller and Thomas Kistner

It was five years ago that the Criminal Procedure to the bribery scandal of the Fifa marketer ISL has been set in the Swiss city train. But the affair after acting today. The time maintained corruption scheme forms the blueprint for many piercers estates which are currently uncovered by the American justice around the football’s world governing body, with a provisional focus in Latin America.

are Swiss and US Department of Justice in this regard in close contact, also the ISL case to be even rolled up again after SZ-information. Allegedly possible points have revealed – and a focus of the American investigators will be on the currently suspended Fifa president Sepp Blatter. The US Department of Justice is apparently in possession of a previously unknown letter that is submitted by Blatter’s predecessor Joao Havelange and his knowledge of the former ISL operations can appear in a new light. The Swiss Federal Office of Justice does not want to comment on the document, but now confirmed on inquiry that the US authorities have requested even criminal files from the ISL process in March in the wake of a request for judicial assistance. The BBC quoted a representative of the US federal police as saying they would check Havelange’s statements. The former Fifa boss who himself received funds from the Agency shall affirm in the document, then general secretary Blatter had full knowledge of all activities in the ISL-context and was always informed by SZ-information – thus laying stabbing. At the same time Havelange should have presented a decision addressed to him amounts as commissions. Blatter has always rejected any misconduct in the ISL affair by itself. In a BWR interview he denied on Monday evening once again, to have had knowledge of bribes. “That’s not true,” said the 79-year-old. Also for the misconduct of other Fifa officials he bore no responsibility. Mindful of the recent arrests and further investigation by the US Justice Blatter said… “Sure I have, if I had known what they do not know, I would have made a question mark, would have said, stop it I’m pissed I am but also angry that I should be responsible for everything.

I can not be so. ” The Causa ISL was until recently the biggest scandal in the history of sports policy. From 1989 until the bankruptcy of the company 2001, the leaders of the sports rights marketer officials of world sport bribed with at least 142 million Swiss francs, in order to secure the TV and marketing rights. For a large part of the money the whereabouts is still uncertain. There is evidence that among the recipients were several FIFA officials ahead Havelange and his son Ricardo Teixeira. Both conceded a total of 22 million Swiss francs.

FIFA arrests on holiday cruisers, investigations in Europe

Investigators go further Fifa functionaries into the net. But the Justice directed their gaze long into Europe.

In 2010, the case was dropped – against payment of 5.5 million Swiss francs, which the accused had to recognize their objective guilt at the same time. The officials Havelange and Teixeira paid together three million francs, FIFA itself has had to pay 2.5 million francs. She had become during the proceedings by the victim to the accused, because they had not cooperated. The case was settled so for Switzerland, for the experts of the FBI, he is not that.

The fact that Blatter knew of payments, since the publication of the ISL setting available in July 2012, no question. In court paper is listed as the Agency once underwent a curious mistake. Was as a tranche of one million francs Havelange paid, did not land the money to his private account -. But on a Fifa account

From there it was transferred further affected. In the published only to media pressure in Switzerland towards ISL document is also read that had the irrlichternden referral to the World Association not only Havelange, but also a person aware that was encrypted in the partly anonymised court documents as P1. And P1 could be easily identified as Blatter.