The corruption scandal shaking Fifa approaches its powerful president Sepp Blatter. According to the “New York Times” on Monday 1 June, the e Secretary General of the organization World the French Jerome Valcke is suspected by the US court to have transferred $ 10 million in accounts managed by former vice-president of FIFA, Jack Warner.
# Who’s Jérôme Valcke?
This French 55, a former journalist at Canal +, is a member of FIFA since 2003. S ecretary General s organization since 2007, it is the right arm of Sepp Blatter who actually somehow the “prime minister” of the Government of world football.
In a portrait dedicated to him “The World” in 2012, the man is described as a “ Powerful shade, which holds the world football between his feet.”
“Sepp Blatter recruited him because he surely said it was better to have Jerome with rather than against him,” confided a former his colleagues on the encrypted channel.
# What accuses tone exactly?
According the “ New York Times” citing several unnamed US federal officials, transfer of 10 million, dating back to 2008, was sent from an account in the FIFA that of Jack Warner, former president of the CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean) and former vice-president of FIFA.
This would be “a central element of the corruption scandal engulfing world football “and its leaders.
transferred Millions of dollars and would, according to the” New York Times “, a crucial element that led to the arrests last week and to charges of fourteen councilors and partners FIFA .
They allow also “bring [the investigation] Sepp Blatter”, the controversial president of the FIFA , re-elected for a fifth term in last weekend.
When asked by the US daily, Jerome Valcke denies having authorized such a payment. He said he just did not have the power to carry it out.
# Jack Warner, the leader suspected of having pocketed the $ 10 million
According to American justice, Jack Warner, former chairman CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean) “among other sought and obtained from bribes in connection with the allocation of World Cup 1998 and 2010 process,” in France and Africa South.
It is thus believed to have pocketed the $ 10 million in exchange for three votes in favor of South Africa in the allocation of 2010 World Cup.
According to Danny Jordan, head of the World Cup in South Africa, quoted in the article, “Money was not a pot -from wine but a legitimate payment for development in the Caribbean “.
Jack Warner was taken into custody for 24 hours after reporting voluntarily last Wednesday before the fraud of local police services in Trinidad and Tobago. He was released after paying bail of about $ 400,000.
on Sunday launched a scathing attack, and clumsy, against the United States which, him, have not digested at losing the organization of the World 2022 “All this originated the unfortunate candidate of the United States to organize the 2022 World Cup”, he launched in a video posted on his Facebook page.
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