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Milan , Oct. 16, 2015 – 18:12
Germany would buy 4 decisive votes of FIFA to organize the World Cup in 2006 those won by Italy. This was revealed by the German weekly Spiegel that allegedly used funds blacks of the committee chaired by Franz Beckenbauer. The scandals involving FIFA and its president, Sepp Blatter, then do not mention to wane.
Buy yourself the votes of Asian
The # 1′s Football Association, Wolfgang Niersbach, admitted irregularities involving a payment of 6.7 million to FIFA. The German Football Association (DFB) has opened an investigation, explaining that the analyzes are in progress. The organizing committee would create a black background which would be merged 6.7 million paid by the former managing director of ‘Adidas, Robert Louis Dreyfus. The huge sum was then paid before the decision of 6 July 2000 to award the FIFA World Cup just to the Germans. Part of this money would be used to buy four votes of the representatives of Asian FIFA’s executive committee that decides on the allocation of the World Championships. Germany beat the favorite South Africa 12 votes to 11, thus winning the rights to organize the 2006 edition
What strange twist of envelopes that promised gifts
That the assignment of that edition was not exactly clear you immediately suspected. The deciding vote was an abstention, that the delegate of Oceania, New Zealander Charlie Dempsey. That would have to vote in South Africa. The day of the vote, the delegate of Trinidad and Tobago, Jack Warner, had revealed that he found under the door of his hotel room an envelope with promises of gifts in the case of support for the candidacy of Germany. Warner had also talked to other delegates involved and Blatter had calmed everyone talking about an investigation, it canceled the next day. The reason for the cancellation? A satirical magazine of Frankfurt, Titanic , had “claimed” the joke of the letters. The shadows were. Indeed, they also extended to South Africa in 2010, when The Sunday Times revealed that actually had to be allocated to Morocco. Again on payment of bribes, including one for a million dollars just to Jack Warner.
The DFB: “No irregularities, but …”
“As part of these investigations, the DFB did not find evidence of irregularities, as well as indications were identified in the purchase of delegates’ votes,” said a statement from the DFB. He adds: “During the investigation, the DFB has learned that a payment of 6.7 million Euros, paid to FIFA in April 2005 by the organizing committee of the 2006 World Cup, could not have been used for the intended purpose (the Fifa cultural program). This payment was not in any way related to the allocation of the World Cup, it was decided five years ago. ” But from Frankfurt working to see if you can obtain a refund of that amount.
Scandal
From May World football is under the effects of an unimaginable storm that shakes for cases of corruption at the highest levels. In that month, mandated by the US Justice, the Swiss authorities arrested seven leaders of FIFA (including Jack Warner) on charges of corruption relating to assignments editions 2018 (Russia) and 2022 (Qatar). The executives were in Europe for the election of the new president of FIFA and, a few days later, the Swiss Blatter was confirmed. Except being forced, a few days later, to resign (later withdrawn in exchange for the promise of new elections for 26 February 2016), the suspicions on his right hand, Jérôme Valcke, who was involved in a bribe of 10 million the assignment of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Sounding the allegations, this time, the New York Times . In total, the American investigation involved 14 top figures of FIFA and the indictment speaks of bribes to more than 150 million dollars (132 millions of tourists and euro) also linked to television rights. After the arrests, even the Swiss prosecutor has begun investigating and last month announced that Blatter is being investigated in a criminal investigation involving the president of UEFA Michel Platini: a study by the Swiss payment to French 1.83 million euro took place in 2011 for work carried out from 1999 to 2002. Given the seriousness of the allegations on October 8 the Ethics Committee of FIFA has suspended the two executives for 90 days, extended by 45.
October 16, 2015 (edited October 16, 2015 | 19:07)
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