The infiltrated by corruption and rocked by scandals International Football Association (FIFA) has gone with his lawyers in the legal offensive. The organization will require using the American authorities of 41 indicted officials and managers, which the prosecutor’s office in the United States accuses of money laundering, fraud and gang violence, damages for all tangible and intangible losses that according to their calculations of Fifa by their “wrongful acts” incurred. Overall, it is about “tens of millions”.
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affected are former leading members of the Fifa executive Chuck blazer, Jack Warner or Jeffrey Webb. The accused had abused the trust of Fifa, its member associations and the entire football and caused them serious damage, the new FIFA President Gianni Infantino said. “The money they have plugged in, belongs to the whole football. It was provided for the development and promotion of the game. We want the money back, no matter how long this will take. “
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In a 22 pages present comprehensive application to the American judicial authorities, the FAZ.NET that Fifa lawyers try at the same time to underpin the current victim status of the world Federation in the corruption process. The attempt to draw a line through the compensation-claim between the allegedly purely philanthropic organization Fifa and the armies of their top officials primarily from South and Central America, they have infested like a disease, is it abundantly clear.
the question of whether the damage caused by the Fifa itself or through a third party, is not sufficient to controlling power was caused from the continental federations, now coming to a head. If the US authorities grant the application for compensation, the continued existence of the Fifa under the new president Gianni Infantino should be secured. “If the Fifa gets back the money, we will just let the original provision accrue – in favor of the development of international football,” the Fifa president said
The American justice so far assumed that in. the different cases at least $ 190 million to be flowed in bribes. Around 100 million from these alleged crimes have already been frozen in the United States by the authorities. This means also that Fifa will now reclaim their access when it comes to convictions
In its “Request for Compensation” to invoke the lawyers of the New York law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & amp. Sullivan on a 1996 law that governs the rights and procedures for victims of crime, “included Each identified victim, an organization has the right to compensation as part of the punishment that is imposed on a defendant for any loss as a result the failure of the defendants were suffered. “
Sources at the Fifa lawyers to learn that this foray probably should be just the beginning for further legal action against the accused. alongside a civil action was also in different countries possible. it could theoretically in Switzerland even compensation claims against former President Joseph Blatter and the suspended European football chief Michel Platini come.
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