There is no corruption in FIFA thread [READ THE OP, OP]

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kri kri: Jul 18, 2007

TheBigAristotle posted:

Many sherpas died to bring us this World Cup.

This article doesn't mention stadiums in particular, but I have to imagine Nepalese migrant workers are involved in WC-related construction

The thread is all of 2 pages

# ¿ Sep 20, 2013 04:37

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 11:34

kri kri: Jul 18, 2007

ephex posted:

I hope he had died

right there

Just watched this about 20 times

tetsman posted:

http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2014/05/16/mondial-2022-au-qatar-une-erreur-pour-blatter_4419740_3242.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...iddle-East.html in English

Blatter says that giving the World Cup to Qatar was a mistake, but everyone makes mistakes so it's fine

What a piece of poo poo, haha

And hes running again due to having the "drive" which I assume is code for more rolls royces please

# ¿ May 16, 2014 16:38

kri kri: Jul 18, 2007

Alex_R posted:

David Ginola is an anagram of Vagina Dildo

:themoreyouknow:

lol

# ¿ Jan 18, 2015 23:06

kri kri: Jul 18, 2007

Hegay posted:

Shakira... Not to be a gross sexist pig but

# ¿ May 29, 2015 17:55

kri kri: Jul 18, 2007

Vegetable posted:

I'm getting no sound from the FIFA Stream, what about y'all

turn it up

# ¿ May 29, 2015 17:56

kri kri: Jul 18, 2007

dex_sda posted:

2nd round, nice

e: lmao 3 invalid votes. How??

hanging chads

# ¿ May 29, 2015 17:58

kri kri: Jul 18, 2007

RaceyBucket posted:

President Drogba is a v good and chill idea. Someone post that vid of him yelling after a match.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvANmxeiA5Y

# ¿ May 29, 2015 18:10

kri kri: Jul 18, 2007

vyelkin posted:

Probably every country that's hosted a World Cup in decades has bribed a shitload of people to get it and voted for Blatter in hopes that no one finds out. It's Blatter talk but it really is true that this whole campaign was started by sore losers. If the 2018 and 2022 World Cups had gone to Britain and the US, no one would give a poo poo about FIFA corruption and there would be no American investigation, even though they could still find all the evidence of corruption in earlier votes like South Africa or Brazil.

That's not to say that this investigation isn't a good thing, because it is. But it's all because the countries that could do the investigating didn't have huge corrupt winning bids to cover up.

The us investigation has been going on for decades.

# ¿ Jun 2, 2015 14:22

kri kri: Jul 18, 2007

holy poo poo

# ¿ Jun 2, 2015 18:08

kri kri: Jul 18, 2007

Crazy Ted posted:

Blatter Evacuation

# ¿ Jun 2, 2015 21:10

kri kri: Jul 18, 2007

Vengarr posted:

America

# ¿ Jun 3, 2015 04:33

kri kri: Jul 18, 2007

Is Sepp still permabanned?

# ¿ Jun 4, 2015 00:49

kri kri: Jul 18, 2007

CLAM DOWN posted:

imo they should keep it just so we can see how many slaves will mysteriously die from normal everyday things.

No one has died

# ¿ Jun 5, 2015 19:37

kri kri: Jul 18, 2007

http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/medi...-newspaper.html

Free Sepp

# ¿ Dec 17, 2015 15:23

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 11:34

kri kri: Jul 18, 2007

http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/29/investing/citigroup-fifa-subpoena/

quote:

U.S. banks are now being questioned in the FIFA corruption scandal that has rocked the sports world.
Citigroup (C) said in a recent securities filing that it has been slapped with a subpoena from U.S. officials investigating alleged "bribery, corruption and money laundering" at FIFA.
Anti-money laundering laws require banks to alert authorities about shady transactions like the ones at the heart of the FIFA scandal. Senior FIFA officials used various U.S. banks -- including Citi, JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Bank of America (BAC) -- to transfer and receive $150 million in bribes and kickbacks, authorities alleged last year.
Citi said officials have requested information related to "banking relationships and transactions" tied to individuals "identified as having had involvement" in the alleged corrupt conduct.
In other words, authorities are questioning whether Citi turned a blind eye to suspicious transactions allegedly made by FIFA officials.
Related: FIFA vows to clean up its act. But will sponsors be satisfied?
Citi said it is "cooperating" with authorities on the subpoena, which came from the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District in New York.
The disclosure makes Citi the first big U.S. bank to say it has been subpoenaed in the FIFA scandal.
"Citibank" was mentioned 15 times in the FIFA indictment that was unsealed by the Department of Justice last May. For instance, the indictment mentioned an unnamed co-conspirator who in 2011 wired $1.2 million from a bank in Qatar to an account at Citibank. The money was credited to an account held in the name of Jack Warner, a former senior FIFA official who is facing criminal charges in the scandal and has already been banned from FIFA for life.
In October Credit Suisse (CS) said it was questioned by authorities in the U.S. and Switzerland over whether it permitted shady transactions in violation of anti-money laundering laws.

# ¿ Feb 29, 2016 16:29

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