DrJoeyMagnum Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 • On a devastating day for Fifa, 24 hours before their congress opens, Swiss authorities in Zurich arrested seven officials for alleged racketeering, conspiracy and corruption. The US Department of Justice said the Fifa vice-president Jeffrey Webb was among those arrested, alongside Eduardo Li, Julio Rocha, Costas Takkas, Eugenio Figueredo, Rafael Esquivel and José Maria Marin. • In total nine Fifa officials and five corporate executives have been indicted. • The US attorney general Loretta Lynch said the indictment alleged “corruption that is rampant, systemic and deep-rooted both abroad and here in the United States” and that it “spans at least two generations of soccer officials who, as alleged, have abused their positions of trust to acquire millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks”. • In a separate move, Swiss authorities opened criminal proceedings over the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. A statement from the Swiss attorney general said they seized electronic data from Fifa’s headquarters in Zurich and opened criminal proceedings against individuals on “the suspicion of criminal mismanagement and of money laundering in connection with the allocation of the 2018 and 2022 football World Cups”. • Fifa spokesman Walter de Gregorio faced the press alone, and confirmed that congress, and the presidential election, are due to go ahead as planned, and that there was no question of restaging the votes for the World Cup hosting rights. He said Sepp Blatter was feeling “relaxed” about the day’s developments because he was “not involved in them at all”, before clarifying: “Well he is not dancing in his office. He is very calm, he is fully co-operative with everything. That’s what I meant. He’s not a happy man, saying wow wow.” Source: The Guardian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamCrazyPT Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aero Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Lmfao. GOOD. now give the UK the 2022 world cup and be done with it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muur Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 (edited) Lmfao. GOOD. now give the UK the 2022 world cup and be done with it They wouldn't give it to four countries. And also, they wont have two EU WCs in a row. Russia is EU, so we wouldn't be allowed 2022 or 2026, as your skip two after your federation hosts it. Edited May 27, 2015 by Muur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aero Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Well England then, that's basically the uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fufu ÷ Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Lmfao. GOOD. now give the UK the 2022 world cup and be done with it They wouldn't give it to four countries. And also, they wont have two EU WCs in a row. Russia is EU, so we wouldn't be allowed 2022 or 2026, as your skip two after your federation hosts it. They gave it to Japan & South Korea in 2002. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bale Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Lmfao. GOOD. now give the UK the 2022 world cup and be done with it Lol , England was battle for 2018 with Russia And USA with Qatar for 2022 world cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aero Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I have less problems with Russia having the world cup though, times will be reasonable and it will be in the summer. Fifa must bend to my wishes!!! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the King Lives Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 And no more FIFA vidya games for the foreseeable future lol. Being silly here btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aero Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Good one...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the King Lives Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Good one...... I was just being silly cause I had nothing else to do. On the real tho I hope they get their act together. I'm no fan of soccer/football as you guys call it but I wouldn't want a sport to be ruined because of controversy and illegal bs. It's enough of that going on in the us and ya know people just have to say one phrase and they're happy: "blame Obama" lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Aero Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I'm quite happy if FIFA gets what it deserves! Its needed a massive regime change for years! A few rugby rules/Reffing wouldn't go a miss to try and instill respect in to the players again! Let a child get away with mischief and he'll continue to get worse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bale Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 FIFA with Joseph S.Baltter looks like a big mafia gang, first they take the money from Qatar and gave them 2022 world cup the same way happened with South Africa 2010, It's All About The Money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muur Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Lmfao. GOOD. now give the UK the 2022 world cup and be done with it They wouldn't give it to four countries. And also, they wont have two EU WCs in a row. Russia is EU, so we wouldn't be allowed 2022 or 2026, as your skip two after your federation hosts it. They gave it to Japan & South Korea in 2002. Two =/= Four. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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