United States law enforcement officials declared in forceful terms on Wednesday that their broad investigation of FIFA had only begun and pledged to rid the international soccer organization of systemic corruption.
The Justice Department, F.B.I. and I.R.S. described soccer’s governing body in terms normally reserved for Mafia families and drug cartels, saying that top officials treated FIFA business decisions as chits to be traded for personal wealth. One soccer official took in more than $10 million in bribes, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said.
The schemes involving the fraud included the selection of South Africa as the host of the 2010 World Cup; the 2011 FIFA presidential elections; and several sports-marketing deals
Can someone explain to me how the FBI has jurisdiction? FIFA headquarters are in Zurich. By all accounts the situation has been calling out for intervention for several years – but still, I am surprised at this further extension of American hegemony.
I think they took bribes in the US or from the US. The good news for me is FIFA is like TEC–I don’t care anything about their politics and I’d happy if they all fell in the ocean!