FIFA and the IAAF
Football
So, FIFA (The Federation Interntionale de Football
Association (in English The International Federation of Association Football)
is not the only international body with investigations going on over bribery
and corruption perpetrated by some of its members. The same can now be said of
IAAF members and various countries including Russia on both counts.
There is
a very full and detailed write up on the FIFA investigations on Wikipedia for
those who want to know the full blow by blow intimate details, and it is very
detailed. (https://goo.gl/ClnOn5)
The 1st
and 2nd paragraphs read as follows:
“In 2015 US Federal prosecutors disclosed
cases of corruption by officials and associates connected with FIFA, the
governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer.
Near the
end of May 2015 14 people were indicted in connection with an investigation by
the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Internal
Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) into wire fraud,
racketeering and money laundering.
The
United States Attorney General simultaneously announced the unsealing of the
indictments and the prior guilty pleas by four football executives and two corporations”.
End of
quote.
The
article goes on towards the end to detail the legal position and charges that
could be made or not made as the case may be. It is very interesting. Since
then FIFA’s troubles have expanded to include the ex president of FIFA Mr. Blatter.
Mr. Blatter and anyone else implicated charged and found
guilty will get their just deserts I think, However in England, unlike countries in Europe, one is innocent until proven guilty
so we have to await results. I really hope the £21 million England put into its
bid for the world cup gets it back as a result if those charged are found
guilty. Let’s hope the international
football authorities don’t spend £21 million on the investigations. Only the
lawyers score on that one.
Where does it leave the fans and will the world cup still
go to Russia? Bring it home to England is what I say. I don’t think any fan of
football would now want to go to Russia, especially after the revelations on
Monday by WADA, (The World Anti Doping Agency), on serious irregularities in
the field of athletics also majorly involving Russia.
Athletics
Lamine Diack the ex president of the IAAF (The International Association of Athletics Federations) is
being investigated over corruption with Russia in the mix again. Russian reaction
was standard: refute all findings, admit to some of them later.
Hard luck Russia - don't keep us waiting beyond
Friday when you have to respond to the IFFA. We don’t want a war of words
between athletic federations or political wars between governments and
ministers either.
If Russian authorities want to be trusted they
must admit wrong doing asap
where they occurred.
Putin must be pukin........
It is a shame The IAAF awards event
in Monaco has had to be cancelled. The fans and clean athletes again get to
suffer. My heart goes out to all those numerous athletes who are honest, turned
in their samples and followed the rules.
To the criminals, and they know who they are, I would say salvage
yourselves even if it means a prison cell, stand up and own up.
Jemima J. Jones.
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