FIFA corruption arrests
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Fifa communications director Walter De Gregorio has been sacked after sealing his fate with a joke about the governing body on Swiss TV.
Gregorio told Swiss chat show Schawinski: "The Fifa president, secretary general and communications director are all travelling in a car. Who's driving? The police."
Snozzwangler said:
Gregorio told Swiss chat show Schawinski: "The Fifa president, secretary general and communications director are all travelling in a car. Who's driving? The police."
More Andrew Jennings on how useless the British press were on Blatter:
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/andrew-jennings-apar...
Dan Roan (BBC Sports Editor) is tweeting that Domenico Scala (the independent head of Fifa ethics) is warning Blatter off from standing for President again (as per Swiss press article: http://www.schweizamsonntag.ch/ressort/nachrichten...
TonyToniTone said:
Eric Mc said:
Surely that was funded by the IRFU (and the stadium sponsors)?
Would they have stumped up all the costs for a shared stadium?Edited to quote what Wiki says about the current ownership arrangements -
"Unlike its predecessor, which was solely owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), the current stadium is controlled by the IRFU and the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) through a 50:50 joint venture known as the Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company (LRSDC). The joint venture has a 60-year lease on the stadium;[11] on expiry the stadium will return to the exclusive ownership of the IRFU.[12]"
Edited by Eric Mc on Sunday 14th June 11:09
Eric Mc said:
"Unlike its predecessor, which was solely owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), the current stadium is controlled by the IRFU and the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) through a 50:50 joint venture known as the Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company (LRSDC). The joint venture has a 60-year lease on the stadium;[11] on expiry the stadium will return to the exclusive ownership of the IRFU.[12]"
So that's probably what the FIFA bung was used for.Snozzwangler said:
Thought that was a name used by someone on a dodgy chat room......jmorgan said:
Snozzwangler said:
Thought that was a name used by someone on a dodgy chat room......Swiss authorities probe 53 possible money-laundering cases in his investigation into suspected corruption of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding process:
http://news.sky.com/story/1503672/swiss-probe-doze...
http://news.sky.com/story/1503672/swiss-probe-doze...
So it looks like the US is investigating 'corruption', and the Swiss are doing the 'money laundering'.
Between the two, all the 'bribary' is bound to float to the surface..
It seems we are only at the very start of this and personally I think Blatter may end up in prison (or under a motorway viaduct if the Ruskies loose their world cup).....
Between the two, all the 'bribary' is bound to float to the surface..
It seems we are only at the very start of this and personally I think Blatter may end up in prison (or under a motorway viaduct if the Ruskies loose their world cup).....
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