barak81 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Fingers crossed some real results come out of this http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/32461/9866259/reports-fifa-officials-arrested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonty Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Good luck to the US proving they have the jurisdiction to hear this matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barak81 Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Good luck to the US proving they have the jurisdiction to hear this matter. If they have used any US recourse in any criminal activity, jurisdiction is not a problem. I don't think they would have gone in with out a very very decent thread to pull on and I for one am hoping that one of the most corrupt disgusting organisations (second only to the UN) may finally become unraveled. Don't always agree with the international actions of the US but on this occasion I have to applaud them. Just hearing Fifa vice president has been arrested, one can only immagine what these people will give up to save there own skin, this could run and run. It may be far to early to speculate but how does this affect the world cup? if it's found that corruption was involved in the election of the forthcoming world cups, how are the other bidding countries compensated, can the existing world cups go ahead (hopefully not, cancel it all and make chelsea world champions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverCarefree Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 If guilty, surely Blatter has to stand down as all this has happened under his watch. The culture of corruption and backhanders is the worst kept secret about FIFA and Blatter is figure head for it. We need change at the very top for the good of the sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonty Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 If they have used any US recourse in any criminal activity, jurisdiction is not a problem. I don't think they would have gone in with out a very very decent thread to pull on and I for one am hoping that one of the most corrupt disgusting organisations (second only to the UN) may finally become unraveled. Don't always agree with the international actions of the US but on this occasion I have to applaud them. Just hearing Fifa vice president has been arrested, one can only immagine what these people will give up to save there own skin, this could run and run. It may be far to early to speculate but how does this affect the world cup? if it's found that corruption was involved in the election of the forthcoming world cups, how are the other bidding countries compensated, can the existing world cups go ahead (hopefully not, cancel it all and make chelsea world champions) A case this massive will likely take years before theres any sort of result, there won't be time to move it anywhere else by that stage i'd think. They might also consider that removing the world cup from Qatar would be an injustice to the innocent people who have invested a lot of money in the country in expectation of millions of people going there for the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barak81 Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 A case this massive will likely take years before theres any sort of result, there won't be time to move it anywhere else by that stage i'd think. They might also consider that removing the world cup from Qatar would be an injustice to the innocent people who have invested a lot of money in the country in expectation of millions of people going there for the tournament. To be fair, the amount of people dying on a daily basis, living in beyond povourish conditions for this world cup, it should be pulled any way. That's the real injustice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Daze Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 A case this massive will likely take years before theres any sort of result, there won't be time to move it anywhere else by that stage i'd think. They might also consider that removing the world cup from Qatar would be an injustice to the innocent people who have invested a lot of money in the country in expectation of millions of people going there for the tournament. The innocent people? Who are they exactly who are unaware of the widespread human rights abuses that are occurring there on a daily basis? f**k FIFA, f**k Blatter and f**k Qatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonty Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 The innocent people? Who are they exactly who are unaware of the widespread human rights abuses that are occurring there on a daily basis? f**k FIFA, f**k Blatter and f**k Qatar. I agree with you, but by innocence I mean those not a party to the proceedings in this case, as in those not involved in the corruption/bribery/fraud etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 The FBI's office in New York has been investigating Fifa for years, the Wall Street Journal reports. But it reached a turning point when one of Fifa's most senior US representatives in the past decade, Chuck Blazer, started working with the authorities and allegedly took part in undercover work, the paper adds. Fourteen people are expected to be charged with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering in a federal court in New York later on Wednesday, the New York Times reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Good luck to the US proving they have the jurisdiction to hear this matter. The crimes were agreed to and prepared in the US via US bank accounts, it adds. Swiss authorities can immediately approve the extradition, the statement continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 They are also investigating money laundering regarding the 2018 and 2022 bids. This could well see the Qatar and maybe the Russian bids stripped away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tea Bar Boy Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Well I never saw that coming FIFA corrupt ..............my god does this mean UEFA could be corrupt as well .............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snedger Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I can't help but feel that not much will come of this in the wider sense. The two questionable World Cup tournaments will go ahead regardless and I even expect that Septic Bladder will survive this as it seems he's untouchable. We'll still have to wait until he pops his clogs before we see the back of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedave Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 This is great news. I'm half expecting Fifa to wriggle their way out of it though somehow with the help of expensive lawyers and probably more backhanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snedger Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Yep, already FIFA have said ""One thing has nothing to do with the other so we go on with the agenda and the election will take place as planned." So these guys are apparently just lose cannons that have besmirched the good name of Blatter and FIFA. So nothing to see here, move along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barak81 Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Yep, already FIFA have said ""One thing has nothing to do with the other so we go on with the agenda and the election will take place as planned." So these guys are apparently just lose cannons that have besmirched the good name of Blatter and FIFA. So nothing to see here, move along. They where hardly going to change the narative now. No sefl respecting criminal of blatters status would start acting guilty now. It changes nothing, he will be sweating now, trying to work out where he is covered and where he is vunrable. this is a lot of people being taken down. As i said above, its just about pulling on the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snedger Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I hope you're right but Blatter seems to me to be Teflon coated. His communications director said in the press conference; "He is just very calm, he sees what happens and is fully cooperative. He is not a kind of happy man today but knows this is the consequence of what we initiated. It's a surprise that it happened today but not a surprise that it happens." So they are trying to say that this was all their idea anyway and it's Blatter who is fighting the corruption. We'll see what happens but I suspect Blatter will survive this and there's more chance of Hell freezing over than Qatar being stripped of the World Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Prince Ali Bin Al Hussain of that good old footballing nation of Jordan the only one standing against Blatter this Friday said "this is a sad day for football" Completely wrong my friend, it is a wonderful day for football..... so how much of the Blatter "fund" of billions is corrupt exactly ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHELLY Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 (edited) It would be good to see Blatter doing hard time in an orange jumpsuit, sharing a cell with big Bubba the bast*rd, and sundry other loons, but I fear he will wriggle away from this and leave smaller minions to take the rap. A rap on the knuckles all round, then business as usual, is my guess. Edited May 27, 2015 by SHELLY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izanagi Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Nothing will come of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 (edited) I hope you're right but Blatter seems to me to be Teflon coated. Every 'Teflon' tagged criminal has eventually paid the price for that name. Edited May 27, 2015 by coco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewitkows Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 It looks like they are going after the Concacaf and South American Reps. Probably hoping to shake the proverbial tree and see what falls out. The Swiss are looking into the WC bids. Four individual and two corporate defendants, including former Concacaf general secretary Chuck Blazer and Warner's sons Daryan and Daryll, plead guiltyThey got the smoking gun , now they just need to find the bullets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I votes are in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewitkows Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 What my friend posted on fb" Apparently when they were being arrested they threw themselves on the ground and pretended to be injured." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdog Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Looks like Blatter needs a good Lawyer. I suggest he better call Saul Goodman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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