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Arrest Of High Profile Executives Rocks FIFA; Allegations Based On Corruption by debonairprinx(m): 6:08pm On May 27, 2015
With recent events happening in the federation of international football association (FIFA)....14 high profile executives were arrested yesterday with allegations related to corrupt practises...
The list include.......

Jeffrey Webb
Webb, 50, has been president of Concacaf, the regional confederation representing North and Central America and the Caribbean, since 2012. That post also makes him a vice president of FIFA. His arrest might be the biggest surprise:
Webb is widely hailed as a voice for change in world soccer, and he has pressed FIFA to be more proactive in fighting corruption and mismanagement. He was among the few voices who pressed FIFA to release the entire report into the. bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Webb has also taken the lead in fighting racism in the game; he currently leads FIFA's anti-discrimination task force.


Jack Warner
Warner, 72, was a dominant force in Concacaf and FIFA politics for nearly 30years until he resigned all of his positions in the wake of numerous charges of corruption and bribery against him. Because of FIFA rules at the time he
retired in 2011, Warner’s resignation brought to an end all ethics proceedings against him. That prevented a public airing of the charges – “the presumption of innocence is
maintained,” FIFA said in announcing his departure –
including allegations that he had benefited from reselling
World Cup tickets and television rights and that he had used
FIFA funds to build a $26 million training center on property
that he owned, making him its de facto owner. Warner
dismissed a report detailing his financial mismanagement of
Concacaf as "baseless and malicious" when it was released in 2013. "I left Concacaf and turned my back on football two years ago," he said. "Since then, I have had no interest in any football-related matter."

Eugenio Figueredo
Figueredo, 83, was the president of Uruguay's soccer federation from 1997 to 2006, and served as the vice president of Conmebol, the governing body for soccer in South America, from 1993 to 2013. He ascended to the presidency of the federation when Nicolás Leoz of Paraguay resigned from FIFA; Leoz cited " health and personal" reasons for his resignation, but he had been accused of soliciting bribes for his vote in the competition for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Figueredo's time on the Executive Committee was short, however; he recently lost his seat to another Paraguayan, Juan Ángel Napout.

Eduardo Li
A businessman with Chinese roots, Li is the president of Costa Rica's soccer federation and is to join FIFA's executive committee this week. Last year, he
oversaw Costa Rica's hosting of the Under-17 Women's World Cup. He is also a member of the executive committee
of Concacaf and of the panel that oversees its regional championship tournament, the Gold Cup.

Nicolás Leoz
Leoz, 86, served as president of Conmebol, the South American soccer association, from 1986 to 2013 and was a
longtime member of FIFA's executive committee, but he resigned both positions two years ago, citing health and personal issues. His resignation came after he was
accused of taking kickbacks from a former FIFA marketing partner during the 1990s, and after an official for England's 2018 World Cup bid said Leoz had demanded a knighthood in exchange for his vote.

José Maria Marin
Marin, 83, was president of the Brazilian soccer federation from 2012 until April of this year, and as a result was the head of Brazilian soccer when it hosted the 2014 World Cup. He is also a member of the organizing committee for next year's Olympic soccer tournament in Rio. Of
Brazil's humiliating 7-1 defeat to Germany in the semifinal, which shattered the country's fans and prevented
the team from lifting the Cup at home, Marin said this year:
"We don't want to blame Brazil's lack of success in the
World Cup on anyone in particular; I believe we are all to
blame."

Julio Rocha
Rocha is the former president of the Nicaraguan soccer federation and also serves as a FIFA development officer.
Formerly the president of the Central American Football Union.

Rafael Esquivel
Esquivel, 68, has been the president of Venezuela's soccer federation since 1988, making him the longest-serving national federation president in South America.

Costas Takkas
Takkas is the former general secretary of the Cayman Islands soccer federation, of which Webb is president.
Aaron Davidson Davidson is the president of Traffic Sports USA — a promoter of soccer events — and chairman of the board of the North American Soccer League.

Alejandro Burzaco
Burzaco, a media executive, controls Torneos. Competencias, a sports marketing business based in Argentina.

Hugo and Mariano Jinkis
Both are soccer media executives with businesses based in
Argentina.

José Margulies
Margulies was charged with being an intermediary who
facilitated illegal payments.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/27/sports/soccer/the-fifa-officials-charged-with-corruption.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0
Re: Arrest Of High Profile Executives Rocks FIFA; Allegations Based On Corruption by Nobody: 6:24pm On May 27, 2015
Where's Amos Adamu
Re: Arrest Of High Profile Executives Rocks FIFA; Allegations Based On Corruption by ifyan(m): 7:36pm On May 27, 2015
Oh my gosh only Americans.

Doesn't Fifa have serving terms. Because what I am seeing hhere is too much.

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