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27.05.2015

Independent Ethics Committee bans 11 individuals from football-related activities

On the basis of investigations carried out by the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee and the latest facts presented by the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, Hans-Joachim Eckert, today banned provisionally 11 individuals from carrying out any football-related activities on a national and international level. The decision was taken upon the request of the chairman of the investigatory chamber, Dr Cornel Borbély, based on art. 83 par.1 of the FIFA Code of Ethics.

“The charges are clearly related to football and are of such a serious nature that it was imperative to take swift and immediate action. The proceedings will follow their course in line with the FIFA Code of Ethics,” said Chairman Eckert.

The banned individuals are: Jeffrey Webb, Eduardo Li, Julio Rocha, Costas Takkas, Jack Warner, Eugenio Figueredo, Rafael Esquivel, José Maria Marin, Nicolás Leoz, Chuck Blazer and Daryll Warner.
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Lol.^

Chuck Blazer turned rat. That's probably another reason the yanks are involved
 
Reading through this long-ish summary now - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...ears-of-footballs-bribery-and-corruption.html

SA could not initially afford the bribe they offered Warner...:wtf:

2010 Fifa World Cup vote

Warner is alleged to have nurtured relationships with South African officials as they tried to bid for the 2006 World Cup – at one point sending a family member to Paris to accept a briefcase containing tens of thousands of dollars in cash from a South African bid committee official in a hotel room.

The money was then delivered to Warner in Trinidad and Tobago.

In the run-up to the selection of the host nation for the 2010 World Cup Warner was allegedly approached by a Moroccan representative offering a $1  million (£650,000) bribe for his vote for Morocco, as well as being told the South African government would pay $10 million (£6.5 million) to the Caribbean Football Union in exchange for his vote, as well as those of Blazer and another member of the executive committee.

Warner is said to have admitted that he accepted the South African offer, but South Africa, which won the bid, was unable to produce the funds.

Arrangements were instead made for the money to be paid from funds that Fifa would have sent to South Africa to support the World Cup. US prosecutors said that soon after the wire transfers were made to accounts held in the name of the CFU, Warner began diverting large portions for his personal use.
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All the anti-Americans on the forum can thank the US DOJ for getting to work on this mess. At least the Americans, when they start to do something, they do it right.
 
The whole FIFA set up is corrupt. It is that simple.

In fact, the corruption is extortion. And a whole bunch of incestuous business relationships.
 
Space_Chief said:
All the anti-Americans on the forum can thank the US DOJ for getting to work on this mess. At least the Americans, when they start to do something, they do it right.
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America, fsck yeah!!!

I liked this comment:

Well the irony is that it took the yanks - a nation that could barely give "soccer" a second glance - to come in and bail us out. Again.

What took so long was England, Germany, France, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, and Holland , and all the corporate sponsors not having the balls to boycott FIFA and the World Cup.

It would be a travesty if Sepp Blatter didn't step down, and if the next 2 world cups continue to be held in Russia and Qatar.

In the meantime, God bless America. Gotta love their style. This whole ordeal played out like Navy Seal Team Six taking out Bin Laden in Abbotabad. Boom.
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Space_Chief said:
All the anti-Americans on the forum can thank the US DOJ for getting to work on this mess. At least the Americans, when they start to do something, they do it right.
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Yup, agree, and the DOJ apparently has something like a 92% conviction rates for cases they bring to trial, they don't mess around. And it was the Americans who insisted on chasing Lance Armstrong too, something you would have thought would have been done first by Europeans.
 
Space_Chief said:
All the anti-Americans on the forum can thank the US DOJ for getting to work on this mess. At least the Americans, when they start to do something, they do it right.
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Indeed. I think the European authorities, especially the French and British authorities should hang their heads in shame. It's British and French journalists, mostly, who have been highlighting corruption in FIFA but their govts have failed to act. Many of these bribes took place in London and Paris.

The yanks have now lit a fire under their butts. Serious Fraud Office in the UK is now investigating as well.
 
If the Yankees can convict and jail Jack Warner and Sepp Blatter for a min of 10 years each, I will give the yanks a free pass to bomb the sh##t out of any Middle East or third world country. No reason required. No questions asked.
 
U.S. Attorney Kelly T. Currie: "They have only indicted people who committed a crime on American soil, involving an American bank — something where the Department of Justice can really get its hands on." The indictment, the executive said, doesn't apply to the African and Asian football officials who, in his words, "are so much worse than the guys arrested today."
SAFA's Dominic Chimhavi: "We are disappointed at the baseless and untested allegations and request proof from anyone who has contrary evidence"
That's the whole point, Dom. The DoJ are going to be testing those allegations in a court of law or these guys are simply going to spill the beans in plea deals. South Africa has been mentioned specifically and that statement is going to come back and bite you, mmkay.
Anyone still wondering why SAFA can't get development and Bafana right? Also, hey Danny. How you doin'?
 
Cray said:
Yup, agree, and the DOJ apparently has something like a 92% conviction rates for cases they bring to trial, they don't mess around. And it was the Americans who insisted on chasing Lance Armstrong too, something you would have thought would have been done first by Europeans.
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IRS in it too... These guys are f***ed.
 
greg0205 said:
U.S. Attorney Kelly T. Currie: "They have only indicted people who committed a crime on American soil, involving an American bank — something where the Department of Justice can really get its hands on." The indictment, the executive said, doesn't apply to the African and Asian football officials who, in his words, "are so much worse than the guys arrested today."
SAFA's Dominic Chimhavi: "We are disappointed at the baseless and untested allegations and request proof from anyone who has contrary evidence"
That's the whole point, Dom. The DoJ are going to be testing those allegations in a court of law or these guys are simply going to spill the beans in plea deals. South Africa has been mentioned specifically and that statement is going to come back and bite you, mmkay.
Anyone still wondering why SAFA can't get development and Bafana right? Also, hey Danny. How you doin'?
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This is where British, French and Swiss authorities need to man up. The Swiss have started. Last night on the BBC, a Tory MP said the UK Serious Fraud Office was investigating. Should we even hold our breath for the French?
These govt's can finger the African and Asian officials if they have the political will. I'm hopeful, but not optimistic.
 
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