FIFA has lodged a criminal complaint with the Swiss attorney general over “possible misconduct” by individuals in connection with the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
The move follows a recommendation by Fifa’s ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert as part of his findings into the Michael Garcia investigation into World Cup bidding.
Sepp Blatter has insisted, however, that the lodging of the criminal complaint does not affect Eckert’s statement last week that the investigation into the bidding process for the two World Cups is concluded.
The Football Association chairman, Greg Dyke, called on Monday for “urgent action” by Fifa members to ensure the ethics investigator Garcia’s report into World Cup bidding was published in full.
A FIFA statement said: “The subject of the criminal complaint is the possible misconduct of individual persons in connection with the awarding of the hosting rights of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups investigated by Michael Garcia, chairman of the investigatory chamber of the Fifa ethics committee.
“In particular there seem to be grounds for suspicion that, in isolated cases, international transfers of assets with connections to Switzerland took place, which merit examination by the criminal prosecution authorities.”
FIFA Files Criminal Complaint Over World Cup Bids
FIFA Files Criminal Complaint Over World Cup Bids
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