the new Fifa boss has come to the attention of the Swiss investigator with a shell company for alleged dubious transactions. (Photo : dpa)
Nyon / Zurich raid in UEFA headquarters and a criminal case of Swiss federal prosecutor: The new FIFA President Gianni Infantino comes just six weeks after his election under extreme pressure and Erklärungsnot. According to reports of the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, citing the “Panama Papers” about allegedly dubious businesses of the former UEFA general secretary of the Swiss Federal Police searched on Wednesday the headquarters of the European Football in Nyon. The officials demanded insight into contracts between UEFA and the letterbox cross trading.
Infantino responded much more moderate than the previous day, welcomed the investigation and announced his personal cooperation. “It is in my interest and in the interest of football that everything comes to light,” Infantino was quoted on Wednesday night in a statement by the soccer world governing body. “If I can contribute to further clarification, I will this of course like to do,” Infantino said. His will, the reputation of football to restore, is now “even more”.
Earlier, the Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s Office had informed because of “suspicion of breach of trust and possibly the misappropriation” to determine in a criminal case. This is not directed against a specific person present however. It stood “in connection with the acquisition of TV broadcasting rights and is directed against unknown perpetrators”. In the raid in the prestigious Association headquarters on Lake Geneva and at another unknown location “evidence ensure” should be.
The UEFA, the day before even as Infantino in part drastic choice of words had denied the allegations, assured the authorities to their cooperation. “Of course, the UEFA federal police all relevant documents in their possession and will cooperate fully,” it said in a statement.
The “SZ” had reported that Infantino should have in his capacity signed contracts with the companies cross-trading in 2006 as director of the UEFA department whose owners were two of today’s defendants in FIFA scandal. It was about the TV rights. The South American TV rights dealer Hugo Mariano Jinkis should have with the treaties then purchased TV rights for the Champions League and this resold at a high profit in Latin America.
After Fifa corruption scandal New Fifa boss Infantino in “Panama Papers” scandal implicated
No, two months after his election as successor to the locked previous FIFA boss Joseph Blatter’s promise Infantinos absurdity was performed. “I want to start a new era in FIFA, where the football again becomes the focus,” the Swiss end of February had said. But now already is happening off the pitch again dominated the headlines. The matched also by the “Panama Papers” in distress lawyer Juan Pedro Damiani Uruguayan resigned on Wednesday from the FIFA Ethics Committee. He is said to have helped the three defendants in the FIFA scandal to offshore companies allegedly bribed about the potentially football administrators.
And Infantino? In the “Sueddeutsche Zeitung” (Wednesday) appear under the heading “Panama Papers: The secrets of dirty money” a half-page drawing Infantinos with tie and red jacket and a report on allegedly dubious and sensitive transactions Infantinos during his time with UEFA. ” / span>
Both Infantino and UEFA responded initially with unusually detailed opinions and sometimes drastic words. “There is no evidence of any misconduct by UEFA or me in this matter,” Infantino was quoted in a press release of FIFA. UEFA responded “dismayed” to the media reports and suggested “not just a sad day for football, but also a sad day for journalism”.
Infantino stated, never personally have with cross trading or their own colonnes negotiated. The bidding process was then carried out for an open tender for the UEFA Marketing Division, added the UEFA. “The rights were awarded to Teleamazonas / cross trading, as this was the highest bidder in the market,” said the UEFA with. Some media would “represent the facts wrong and the public be misled,” it said. “Based on the documents, it is clear that all contractual content was performed by the UEFA properly,” Infantino.
said UEFA and Infantino must be of turn in any case, that they have initially given false information. First, the Confederacy had denied in September 2015, the “SZ” that there had been “business relationship” with the accused in the FIFA scandal. Only just over a week ago, UEFA had accepted that there was a contract with the firm of Jinkis. At the time of the first response you have not yet “each of our thousands of advertising contracts” reviewed, informed the UEFA with.
Yet on Monday had DFB interim president Reinhard Rauball expressed that Infantino “restore confidence in the FIFA again” must. “This will certainly take years. That he is willing to do that, I’ll take him to a hundred per cent, “the top German official.
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