Father, son, relatives: the clan Diack charged to the IAAF – The Point

“nepotism” of a patriarch surrounded by two of his son and his bodyguards: the clan of Senegalese Lamine Diack, president for 15 years of the International Athletics Federation (IAAF) is at the center of accusations in the extensive record that mixes corruption and doping

At 82, Diack, who left the presidency of the IAAF in August, is the subject of two indictments by the French courts for corruption, passive corruption and money laundering. He is believed to have condoned doping cases, including Russian athletes, against money.

It is now one of his son, Dad Massata, which is in the crosshairs of French judges. It was placed by Interpol on its list of most wanted on December 17 following an arrest warrant issued by France, announced Thursday the organization and the French justice.

Papa Diack Massata ” has been questioned by several persons “under the French survey, explained Eliane Houlette, patron of the French financial national floor.

She spoke in Munich, in the wake of presentation of the second part of the report of the inquiry commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on this large case of corruption and doping.

“Convened by the investigators (Papa Diack Massata) has refused to show up. He could be heard to this day and is now found in Senegal. He informed the press that he would not surrender when summoned by a French court. The investigating judges issued an arrest warrant against him on December 16, “said Ms. Shepherd’s Staff

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The report of the Committee of WADA, which describes a structural system of corruption at the top of the IAAF during the reign of Lamine Diack (1999-2015), is overwhelming for the Senegalese cacique and his family: Lamine Diack “is responsible for organizing and made possible (…) Corruption within the IAAF. “

” When the president of the IAAF, his personal advisor (Habib Cissé, also indicted), two of his son (and Khalil Massata Papa Diack ), the Director of the Medical and Anti-Doping Department (Gabriel Dollé, also indicted) and the Assistant Secretary General (Essar Gabriel) are all involved in questionable or criminal acts, it is the reputation of the whole which is IAAF questioned, “it is written.

The report Lamine Diack blame for initiating his son as “marketing consultant” and “independent consultant”, apart from the organizational chart of the IAAF, as Cissé as’ attorney.

Based on the “personal or family relationship”, “Lamine Diack has created a first circle (…) worked as an illegitimate governance structure of the IAAF” accuse the authors of the document. They feel that the leaders of the IAAF “could not not be aware of the nepotism level within” of the organization.

Massata Papa Diack, one of 15 children Lamine, was disbarred for life on January 7 by the Ethics Commission of the IAAF. He is suspected of conspiring with officials of the Russian athletics for “extort what can be described as of bribery through extortion acts” for doped athletes. Clearly, to have received money in exchange for the cover made of doping, mainly in Russia.

The Ethics Commission of the IAAF pointed to the role of a Singapore company, Black Tidings, led by a friend of Papa Diack Massata.

He had had to leave his post to the IAAF in December 2014, accused by British media to have asked some five million (€ 4 million) to support Doha’s bid ( Qatar) to the 2017 World Athletics ultimately awarded to London

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According to statements by Ms. Shepherd’s Staff Thursday, Lamine Diack, and Cissé Dollé recognized in custody 23 controlled Russian athletes positive from 2011 had not been sanctioned by the usual procedures. The reason: “Do not create a scandal at the approach of the 2012 Olympics were negotiated when a contract with a major sponsor and television rights for the 2013 World Championships,” said Ms. Shepherd’s Staff

The survey “focuses on whether these jeopardizes could give financial compensation instead occult and verify the possible use of these funds.”

For this complex scandal goes far beyond the framework Sports: he had political repercussions in Senegal, according to excerpts of statements Lamine Diack in custody published in mid-December in Le Monde

The octogenarian there mentioned a contribution of 1.5. million provided by Russia. According to his statements, this amount would have been “distributed to associations and spheres of influence” to help prevent reelection to a third term Abdoulaye Wade in the 2012 presidential election.

Papa Diack Massata had put his father’s statements on behalf of the “weight of age”, denying any secret funding.

The charges piling resonate well today ironically fetish sentence Lamine Diack, he liked to pound the time of its splendor: “Athletics is a great family”

1/14/2016 8:53:47 p.m. – Munich (Germany) (AFP). – By Damien Stroka, and Paul Ricard in Paris – AFP © 2016