Arrests at FIFA

[Warren]

US law may not treat black people very fairly, but they are much more severe than the UK and other Euro countries when it comes to financial crime and fraud. The sentences are much more severe and they are prepared to use all extra jurisdictional reach to get people to the US for trial. Made my day. And the Swiss don't want Zurich undermined as a rival to London in the financial markets so they can be expected to nail people as well.

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

Blatter hasn't orchestrated this - FIFA has been caught with its pants down this morning. And the election of the president is carried out by the FIFA congress which has 209 members, each of which has one vote so getting rid of a few folk, some of whom like Jeffrey Webb are Blatter acolytes, will make no difference.

 

Although Blatter has not been arrested he has been told he can't leave Switzerland.

[For Us All]

Were these FIFA properties 'built on bribes'?

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11637280/Fifa-property-empires-built-on-bribes.html

[bookworm]

jack warners son has pleaded guilty so I suspect plea bargaining to start any time soon.

[VantaaVale]

Well.. the presidential voting is now taking place. Blatter got a better reception for his speech than Prince Ali. So I am expecting Blatter to get in again, which would be totally farcical. But this is FIFA. Blatter has to be accountable for what has happened, even if he is not directly involved. But he seems Teflon coated. I find it very difficult to believe that Blatter knows nothing about the corruption within FIFA, yet that is the way he portrays himself. Whiter than white.

 

http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2015/m=5/news=the-65th-fifa-congress-live-on-fifa-com-2607376.html?intcmp=fifacom_hp_module_news_top

[soothsayer]

Best thing would be for as many countries and sponsors as possible to boycott WC18 and WC22. Perhaps then the clown would go.

[VantaaVale]

133 vs 73 votes in favour of Blatter. Second round of voting. This is a formality and a complete joke.

 

Time for UEFA to make a stand against this, because this is clearly people protecting their interests.

[JOHNNYAITCH]

Is it true that at the last minute Blatter decided that away votes count double and that would therefore apply to non-European votes?

[VantaaVale]

Platini got it right when he said "FIFA has lost". If ever there was an organisation in desperate need of new leadership, it is FIFA.

 

Now Blatter will start to fix things, which means nothing will happen.

[melv]

Well.. the presidential voting is now taking place. Blatter got a better reception for his speech than Prince Ali. So I am expecting Blatter to get in again, which would be totally farcical. But this is FIFA. Blatter has to be accountable for what has happened, even if he is not directly involved. But he seems Teflon coated. I find it very difficult to believe that Blatter knows nothing about the corruption within FIFA, yet that is the way he portrays himself. Whiter than white.

 

http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2015/m=5/news=the-65th-fifa-congress-live-on-fifa-com-2607376.html?intcmp=fifacom_hp_module_news_top

 

Allegations have been going around for age's.Just how he can claim that knows NOTHING is amazing.While such allegations were doing the rounds then he surely would have looked into them.

[JOHNNYAITCH]

Allegations have been going around for age's.Just how he can claim that knows NOTHING is amazing.While such allegations were doing the rounds then he surely would have looked into them.

 

As long as its a law unto itself it will get away with this sort of thing..who actually regulates FIFA? or indeed UEFA or any of the other assocaitions???? Who has jurisdiction over FIFA and its members?

 

I suspect (and I hope that I am wrong) that a lot of 'wrong doing' will be proven but no criminal activity....or it will have taken place where the country involved won't do anything

[VantaaVale]

As long as its a law unto itself it will get away with this sort of thing..who actually regulates FIFA? or indeed UEFA or any of the other assocaitions???? Who has jurisdiction over FIFA and its members?

 

I suspect (and I hope that I am wrong) that a lot of 'wrong doing' will be proven but no criminal activity....or it will have taken place where the country involved won't do anything

 

Exactly. And I am sure also that a lot of the votes for Blatter are solely to prevent a new president getting in who may actually start a proper full internal investigation. Corruption is rife and we see it demonstrated right here.

[VantaaVale]

Ali withdraws. Blatter wins. What a disgrace. Let's hope the FBI have something up their sleeve.

[JOHNNYAITCH]

Prince Ali bin al-Hussein withdraws so Blatter is in again

[Jacko51]

So you can fool some of the people all of the time.