Friday, November 20, 2015

Suspicions grow over Russia-Qatar World Cups...

Switzerland's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) — which is looking into the 2018 and 2022 World Cups — said there are now have more than 120 suspicious transactions linked to Fifa's decision to award the tournaments to Russia and Qatar five years ago.

The figure is up from 103 in August.

An OAG spokesman told AFP in a statement that the office has received "more than 120" suspicious activity reports from the Swiss Financial intelligence unit, the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland.

"These reports are related to the ongoing criminal proceedings around the allocation of the Football World Cup 2018 & 2022."

 The Zurich-based Fifa executive voted in December 2010 on the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, which have been surrounded by widespread corruption claims. Russia and Qatar have strongly denied any wrongdoing. Full story...

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