South Africa acknowledges that it paid $ 10 million to FIFA – The World

In full scandal of corruption in the upper echelons of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), revelations multiply. South Africa recognized, Sunday, May 31, a payment of $ 10 million in 2008 to the international organization, after obtaining the World Cup 2010. Pretoria denied, however, that this amount is used for bribes , as suspected American justice in the investigation of his acts of corruption spanning over twenty-four years

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According to the president of the South African Association (SAFA) at the time, Danny Jordaan, the money was deducted from the $ 100 million paid by FIFA for the organization the first World Cup on African soil, and was intended for the development fund Concacaf (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean). “How could we pay a bribe wine for four years after the votes have been chosen? “, defended Mr Jordaan.

Suspicion of corruption

Just like Thabo Mbeki, President of the Republic at the time, the current South African government has vehemently rejected the accusations of corruption. Wednesday The act of the US court of charges published yet suspect Trinidadian Jack Warner, then president of the Concacaf, of pocketing this windfall in exchange for three votes in favor of South Africa at the vote for award of the 2010 World Cup.

Warner was arrested this week and released on bail. The former vice president of the world body of football is one of nine elected FIFA, current and former indicted Wednesday by the US court for corruption, racketeering and money laundering. Seven of them are held in Switzerland and all refuse their extradition to the United States. The 47 charges relate to amounts totaling 150 million dollars.

In this context, Barclays Bank, quoted in the judicial process as also its British rival Standard Chartered and HSBC , opened an internal investigation into whether its accounts were used to suspicious transactions, a source familiar with the matter. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the UK Office for the Fight against financial crime, announced Friday that it was examining the information in its possession concerning the scandal.

Officials from FIFA agreed

In the other part of the turmoil triggered Wednesday regarding the controversial conditions of allocation of World Cups 2018 and 2022 to Russia and Qatar, the Swiss Justice stated that she questioned several current members of the Executive Committee of FIFA “that voted in 2010, which are still in place and are not Swiss residents” .

officials who meet these three criteria are seven: Issa Hayatou (Cameroon, CAF president), Miguel Angel Villar Llona (Spain), Michel D’Hooghe (Belgium), Senes Erzik (Turkey), Marios Lefkaritis (Cyprus), Hany Abo Rida (Egypt) and Vitaly Mutko, Russian minister also sports. The Swiss Justice advantage of their presence at the Zurich congress on Thursday and Friday for the audition.

The other two current members of the executive committee who voted in 2010, Joseph Blatter, who was re-elected Friday to a fifth term, and UEFA President Michel Platini live in Switzerland and could therefore be examined in turn later “where appropriate” .

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