FIFA Scandal Allegations - (update: President of FIFA arrest possible)

[Luiz 4,253]

Germany bought 2006 World Cup votes by sending Saudi Arabia rocket-propelled grenades

 

We've long since punctured the ceiling of bananas-but-feasible FIFA investigation details, and yet the stakes keep going up and up. Via The Daily Mail:

 

"The German government sent a shipment of rocket-propelled grenades to Saudi Arabia in order to secure support for their bid to host the 2006 World Cup, according to the latest sensational claims in the FIFA scandal.

German newspaper Die Zeit say the country's Football Association arranged for then-Chancellor Gerhard Schroder's administration to supply the arms in order to swing the Saudi vote from Morocco to Germany ahead of the vote in 2000.

It helped tip the knife-edge vote in Germany's favor as they defeated South Africa 12-11 in the final round and duly hosted the World Cup finals six years later."

 

Germany also handed out investment promises and straight cash to other countries to swing hosting votes in their favor, but yo ... RPGs. Part of the reason Germany got the 2006 World Cup is because they gave out anti-tank weapons as gifts. This gets wilder every day

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/6/5/8735325/germany-bought-2006-world-cup-votes-by-sending-saudi-arabia-rocket

http://www.zeit.de/sport/2015-06/chuck-blazer-fifa-fussball-weltmeisterschaft-2022 <german article. anyone translate?

 

 

Egypt Confirms Top FIFA Official Demanded Bribe for 2010 World Cup

Former Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports Aly El Din Helal claims that ex-FIFA Vice President Jack Warner had requested a $7 million bribe from Egypt to allow the 2010 World Cup to be hosted there.

According to Helal, Egypt refused and as such was unable to obtain a single vote during the 2004 poll where South Africa won the housing rights of the highly esteemed tournament.

Helal explained that as the Egyptian delegation was preparing its promotional events for the 2010 World Cup, many people and foreign companies working with it approached Helal with alternative ways to gain votes, suggesting bribes.

“I could not believe it until I heard this from a FIFA official,” Helal told ONTV program Manshet.

“Egypt’s Football Association President El-Dahshori Harb met with Jack Warner in the United Arab Emirates. Harb informed me that Warner wanted between $6 [million] and $7 million [in order for Egypt to win housing rights].”

Helal told Manshet that his silence all these years was merely to protect Egyptian football from any penalties seeing as he had no proof to confirm the claimed bribery offer.

US prosecutors have confirmed that Warner solicited millions worth of bribes from various parties securing for them certain privileges and tournaments, according to Al Ahram.

According to Reuters, Warner is among more than a dozen officials charged by the US Department of Justice with running a criminal enterprise and having received hundreds of millions in bribes.

South Africa’s Hawks Police Unit recently opened a preliminary investigation into the involvement of local officials in a bribery case with bribing Warner. Preliminary allegations point to a bribe of $10 million to secure the 2010 World Cup for South Africa.

South African sports officials have acknowledged this payment but claim that this money was a donation for development projects. A leaked letter from the South African Football Association shows otherwise.

South African Minister of Sports Fikile Mbalula confirmed that the money intended to organize the 2010 World Cup had been paid to Warner directly.

http://egyptianstreets.com/2015/06/05/egypt-confirms-top-fifa-official-demanded-bribe-for-2010-world-cup/

[Melech 9,900]

Don't only blame Germany. You could also stated that the world cup was also bought by France in 1998. 

[hmm 979]

Don't only blame Germany. You could also stated that the European cup was also bought by France in 2008. 

​Isn't that organised by UEFA though, which is a separate body to FIFA?

Bad times for FIFA though, it's actually laughable at this stage  

[Melech 9,900]

​Isn't that organised by UEFA though, which is a separate body to FIFA?

Bad times for FIFA though, it's actually laughable at this stage  

​meant world cup anyways  

 

[Cocaine Heart 4,768]

​Isn't that organised by UEFA though, which is a separate body to FIFA?

​This

And bribery is unfortunately the norm in such things doesn't really surprise me.

[hmm 979]

​meant world cup anyways  

 

​Oh right, presumed you were referring to UEFA 2016 cus I don't know when the vote for that took place.

[Teal Ambition 47,805]

I was always convinced there was bribes. Not surprised.

[Dangerous Man 9,245]

Everything is not surprising in this corrupt world.

[Laceface 2,964]

It's news is only going to get worse, the can is well and truly opened now. Now we know why football hasn't come home in a long while  

[darkchylde 14,857]

*Acts surprised*

[Slojo 51]

FIFA Spent $29m making a feature film about how wonderful they are ----- And just released it. The Irony of it all. You couldn't make it up

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a651263/fifas-united-passions-critics-dub-film-cinematic-excrement.html#~peMk3GV0KJgFfo

[Luiz 4,253]

Don't only blame Germany. You could also stated that the world cup was also bought by France in 1998. 

​did you read the OP though  

i posted two articles that talk about germany, egypt and south africa 

this isnt a thread only about germany but a thread that i will continue posting FIFA corruption allegation news in sort of like the israel palestine thread and the isis thread but i doubt this will get a sticky since its not a war or anything and i'm not sure how many people here care about sports.

[Supersonic 49,376]

And I still don't get the hype about a stupid ball game MESS.

[SKANK 14,288]

It's a game. Soccer is duck duck goose for adults. Who cares if monetary bribery is going on behind the scenes? If Eygpt wants to pay a seven million dollar bride to host a game of kick ball, so what...who cares? 

But, rocket-propelled grenades? Thousands of construction workers dead in Qatar? That is some **** to care about.

[Melech 9,900]

And I still don't get the hype about a stupid ball game MESS.

​Just because you think it's stupid, it isn't for others. Actually it is quite important for a lot of people. Please do respect that. Your opinion is not the norm.