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How many slave deaths for the Qatar World Cup can Fifa put up with?

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  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    (biting my tongue)
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    FIFA officials arrested in a dawn raid in Switzerland...

    From the NY Times:
    ZURICH — Swiss authorities began an extraordinary early-morning operation here Wednesday to arrest several top soccer officials and extradite them to the United States on federal corruption charges.

    As leaders of FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, gathered for their annual meeting, more than a dozen plain-clothed Swiss law enforcement officials arrived unannounced at the Baur au Lac hotel, an elegant five-star property with views of the Alps and Lake Zurich.

    The officers went to the registration desk to get keys, then headed upstairs toward the hotel rooms. One FIFA official was led by the authorities from his room to a side-door exit of the hotel. He was allowed to bring his luggage.

    The charges allege widespread corruption in FIFA over the past two decades, involving bids for World Cups as well as marketing and broadcast deals, according to three law enforcement officials with direct knowledge of the case. The charges include wire fraud, racketeering and money laundering, and officials said they targeted members of FIFA’s powerful executive committee, which wields enormous power and does its business largely in secret.
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,782
    Chizz said:

    FIFA officials arrested in a dawn raid in Switzerland...

    From the NY Times:
    ZURICH — Swiss authorities began an extraordinary early-morning operation here Wednesday to arrest several top soccer officials and extradite them to the United States on federal corruption charges.

    As leaders of FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, gathered for their annual meeting, more than a dozen plain-clothed Swiss law enforcement officials arrived unannounced at the Baur au Lac hotel, an elegant five-star property with views of the Alps and Lake Zurich.

    The officers went to the registration desk to get keys, then headed upstairs toward the hotel rooms. One FIFA official was led by the authorities from his room to a side-door exit of the hotel. He was allowed to bring his luggage.

    The charges allege widespread corruption in FIFA over the past two decades, involving bids for World Cups as well as marketing and broadcast deals, according to three law enforcement officials with direct knowledge of the case. The charges include wire fraud, racketeering and money laundering, and officials said they targeted members of FIFA’s powerful executive committee, which wields enormous power and does its business largely in secret.

    Bloody hell, is this real?
    Great news if so, as presumably the chance of whistleblowers doing the business has just increased.
    FIFA desperately needs cleaning up. Hopefully this will be a big step towards making that happen.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,304
    C'mon lets see pictures released of Blatter being screwed in a prison shower by some huge bloke... After all Blatter has been screwing Football fans for decades so is time for revenge!!
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,615

    C'mon lets see pictures released of Blatter being screwed in a prison shower by some huge bloke... After all Blatter has been screwing Football fans for decades so is time for revenge!!

    He will get out of all of this, wait and see.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,595
    BBC are reporting that Blatter wasn't one of those arrested.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,034
    No way will Blatter ever be arrested, it'll be the leaders of the smaller confederations.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,615
    edited May 2015
    What a tangled (Jeffrey) WEBB we weave.

  • hudson-son-son
    hudson-son-son Posts: 2,645
    I still can't help but think they'll get away with this and those who own up the top guys will be the ones who get screwed like in the last report.
  • IA
    IA Posts: 6,103
    The shredders will be busy today, allegedly.
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  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,423
    no doubt those investigated won't be blatter voters.
    Wouldn't mind betting it's a stitch up.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,219
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  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/may/20/slave-deaths-qatar-world-cup-2022-fifa

    perhaps fans from round the world could have the number 62 on the backs of their shirts.
    Or 63 or whatever the lamentable final figure is.