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Is this the end for FIFA ?



ditchy

a man with a sound track record as a source of qua
Jul 8, 2003
5,205
brighton
Switzerland freezes millions of Swiss francs related to FIFA

ZURICH, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The Swiss Justice Ministry has frozen millions of Swiss francs related to world soccer body FIFA, a spokesman said on Thursday, confirming a media report.

World soccer's governing body is suffering the worst corruption scandal in its more than 100-year history, with 41 entities and people including soccer bosses from throughout the Americas charged by U.S. prosecutors and FIFA President Sepp Blatter suspended from his post pending a full investigation.

"U.S. authorities asked for documents related to 50 accounts at different banks, through which corruption money is supposed to have transited," Swiss Justice Ministry spokesman Folco Galli said, confirming a report by Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger.

In a statement, Galli said a "high double-digit million amount" had been frozen following the U.S. request to authorities in Switzerland, where FIFA is based.

Blatter and European ((UEFA) soccer chief Michel Platini have both been provisionally suspended for 90 days over a suspicious payment made to Platini, pending a thorough investigation. Both men have proclaimed their innocence.

Thursday's announcement came a day after officials said German prosecutors had asked Switzerland to help look into a suspicious payment linked to Germany's hosting of the 2006 World Cup, including by sifting through bank data.

"The justice ministry has recently passed on the request for administrative assistance from the prosecutor in Frankfurt to the Swiss attorney general’s office so it can deal with it," Galli said. "The ... ministry has not received any other requests for administrative assistance related to FIFA."
 


nicko31

Well-known member
Jan 7, 2010
17,522
Gods country fortnightly
Time is running out for FIFA, the Yanks don't like being screwed over. The day FIFA awarded the WC to Qatar was the beginning of the end for them..
 




ditchy

a man with a sound track record as a source of qua
Jul 8, 2003
5,205
brighton
Time is running out for FIFA, the Yanks don't like being screwed over. The day FIFA awarded the WC to Qatar was the beginning of the end for them..

If the bank accounts are frozen , surely they will not be able to operate as a going concern ?
 






GT49er

Well-known member
Feb 1, 2009
46,469
Gloucester
............and Putin appears to be getting involved, with support for Blatter against the wicked conspiracies of the west. This may not end well................
 


ditchy

a man with a sound track record as a source of qua
Jul 8, 2003
5,205
brighton
............and Putin appears to be getting involved, with support for Blatter against the wicked conspiracies of the west. This may not end well................

Has he not just nominated him for a Nobel prize :tosser:
 


Pavilionaire

Well-known member
Jul 7, 2003
30,521
............and Putin appears to be getting involved, with support for Blatter against the wicked conspiracies of the west. This may not end well................

President of the 2018 World Cup host nation comes out in support of Blatter, the man who fixed the World Cup to come to Russia in the first place. Who'd have thought it?
 




Tony Meolas Loan Spell

Slut Faced Whores
Jul 15, 2004
18,067
Vamanos Pest
President of the 2018 World Cup host nation comes out in support of Blatter, the man who fixed the World Cup to come to Russia in the first place. Who'd have thought it?

Exactly.

Thing is from a FOOTBALL view point I have no problem with Russia

1) They haven't hosted it yet
2) We haven't had a world cup in Eastern Europe and they would be the most obvious to host because...
3) They have actually you know hosted international competitions like the Olympics and Winter Olympics
4) They have played and qualified for world cups and finally
5) They do actually have a football heritage

Unlike ****ing Qatar. Even Saudi Arabia (outrageous as that suggestion is) have at least qualified for the finals.
 


happypig

Staring at the rude boys
May 23, 2009
7,934
Eastbourne
............and Putin appears to be getting involved, with support for Blatter against the wicked conspiracies of the west. This may not end well................

Jab in the arse with a poison brolly for uncle Sepp then ?
 


The Fifth Column

Retired ex-cop
Nov 30, 2010
4,008
Escaped from Corruption
Exactly.

Thing is from a FOOTBALL view point I have no problem with Russia

1) They haven't hosted it yet
2) We haven't had a world cup in Eastern Europe and they would be the most obvious to host because...
3) They have actually you know hosted international competitions like the Olympics and Winter Olympics
4) They have played and qualified for world cups and finally
5) They do actually have a football heritage

Unlike ****ing Qatar. Even Saudi Arabia (outrageous as that suggestion is) have at least qualified for the finals.

No problem with any of that apart from the fact that Russia is governed by a state mafia and endemically corrupt to its core oh and its an absolute sh1thole.
 






Tony Meolas Loan Spell

Slut Faced Whores
Jul 15, 2004
18,067
Vamanos Pest
No problem with any of that apart from the fact that Russia is governed by a state mafia and endemically corrupt to its core oh and its an absolute sh1thole.

Yes agree there are many more reasons why they should not, but from a purely sporting reason alone I can see the argument why.
 


Dec 29, 2011
8,014
Russia might (probably was) a corrupt decision, but then which wasn't? We've seen news reports saying that the 2010 (S. Africa) and 2006 (Germany) world cups were both bought by bribes. At least Russia could have legitimately won the bid without a bribe, Qatar on the other hand wouldn't have won in a million years if all thing (apart from bribes) were considered.
 






Hugo Rune

Well-known member
NSC Patreon
Feb 23, 2012
21,496
Brighton
FIFA (and the next two world cups) needs liquidating asap. You think they can't sink any lower then another headline comes out and they are even bigger ***** than we thought originally. However there is much irony here as detailed by the BBC. Blatter gives the ethics committee unprecedented powers then accuses them of being the Spanish Inquisition for working out that he is the biggest **** in world football.
 


vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,866
Lets hope things move fast, nothing worse than seeing footballers and officials having to shake hands with that lizard Putin
 


ditchy

a man with a sound track record as a source of qua
Jul 8, 2003
5,205
brighton
Both Sepp Splatter and Platini get 8 years ban good ! pity it wasnt life !!
 




Pogue Mahone

Well-known member
Apr 30, 2011
10,719
Both Sepp Splatter and Platini get 8 years ban good ! pity it wasnt life !!

For Blatter, I suspect it may be, literally.

For Platini, there is absolutely no way that he will ever get back into a position at FIFA, so it is a life ban too, effectively.
 





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