Actually, the new Fifa boss Gianni Infantino has begun to move the world football body after time under Sepp Blatter in the right light. The end of February promised “new era” but has already experienced a damper: Even Infantino obviously gets in trouble by the scandal involving letterbox companies, triggered by the Panama Papers.
According to research, among others, the Süddeutsche Zeitung , WDR and NDR was Infantino in his time as chief legal officer of Uefa in the questionable allocation of TV- rights involved. Accordingly, he signed a contract of a company called Cross Trading S.A. in September 2006 entitled to sell the broadcasting rights of the Champions League in South America. By 2009, to cross trading, have a mailbox company with headquarters on the South Pacific island of Niue, get paid well below market value and the rights at a substantial premium to a TV station in Ecuador resold.
According to reports, the letter box of two known actors from the Fifa was -Bestechungsskandal operated. The gains of several hundred thousand dollars had gone to Hugo Jinkis and his son Mariano, both wanted by Interpol, the existence, sat in custody and now awaiting trial. The FBI accuses father and son to have bribed officials of football associations in a big way to buy cheap of them broadcasting rights and then to be able to continue to market.
Infantino initially denied
Check a spokesman Infantinos loudly declared NDR initially that Infantino business with “none of the persons or organizations referred had knowingly or otherwise do “have. Later the speaker relativized, he had played only information which had been provided by the Uefa.
The Uefa confirmed again after several demands that the transactions were concluded partially involving Infantino. When awarding but the association sees no irregularities. “There was never anything strange with contracts that we have signed and against us was never determined for misconduct of some kind.”
Registry provides criminal complaint
The revelations, which go back to leaked documents, based in Panama City firm Mossack Fonseca, shake since Sunday numerous countries. So rushed about the government in Iceland. The firm is now criminal, against those responsible for the data leaks. “Nobody likes to be robbed,” said a spokesman for the firm. “We will do our utmost to punish the guilty.”
In Mossack Fonseca one assumes that the servers have been hacked. “A hacker attack is a criminal offense. A serious crime that is punishable by imprisonment,” said law firm partners Ramón Fonseca Mora in a television interview.
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