Over the past years, corruption and bribery allegations have been levelled against top executives of the body by investigative journalists and this came to a head this morning 27/05/2015 when seven (7)top executive members were arrested for their roles in bribery cases.
Gist so far -
- Football is a beautiful game.
- FIFA election is still scheduled for Friday, 29th May,2015
- FIFA is corrupt.
- Sepp Blatter was not indicted in the alleged bribery and corruption charges.
- Over 150million dollar corruption and bribery scam is involved.
- Numerous files have been investigated involving marketing and sponsorship deals.
- The time frame of investigation is over 2 decades.
- Alleged bribery scam also found in the 2016 centenary Copa America tournament to be hosted by America worth 110million dollars.
- Former fifa vice president Jack Warner allegedly took 10million dollars in bribes from the South African government over the World cup in 2010..
- The FIFA executives indicted include Rafael Esquivel,Nicolas Leoz, Jeffrey Webb, Jack Warner, Eduardi Li, Eugenio Figueredo and Jose Mario Marin.
- Separate investigation into the bidding process of the 2018 World cup is already being carried by the Attoney General of the Swiss government.
The best sport is in the world is now under intense scrutiny, how many more dirt will be uncovered?
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