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FIFA BRIBERY SCANDAL: South Africa Bribe 'Paid Out R120 Million" To Win World Cup Slot
http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/05/fifa-bribery-scandal-south-africa-bribe.html
High-ranking South African football and government officials stand accused of offering a $10m bribe to secure the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
According to a US Justice Department indictment, this would have been the second bribe paid by South African officials, after a first attempt to secure the 2006 Soccer World Cup failed.
The sordid details of South African alleged involvement in the global FIFA corruption scandal have been revealed, albeit scantly, in the US Justice Department indictment of some of the organisation's biggest players.
In the indictment, two high-ranking South African bid committee officials mysteriously dubbed Co-conspirator #15 and #16, are accused of twice bribing controversial Jack Warner, who was then FIFA vice-president.
The identities of the co-conspirators have not been revealed as no arrests have been made.
The first trove of cash, a bribe for the failed bid to host the 2006 Soccer World Cup, was delivered in "$10 000 stacks" to a relative of Warner in a hotel room in Paris.
"Previously, the defendant Jack Warner and his family had cultivated ties with South African soccer officials in connection with and subsequent to a failed bid by South Africa to host the 2006 World Cup.
"In the early 2000s, Co-Conspirator #14, a member of Warner's family, had used Warner's contacts in South Africa to organise friendly matches for Concacaf teams to play in South Africa. At one point, Warner also directed Co-Conspirator #14 to fly to Paris, France and accept a briefcase containing bundles of US currency in $10 000 stacks in a hotel room from Co-Conspirator #15, a high-ranking South African bid committee official," the indictment reads.
"Hours after arriving in Paris, Co-Conspirator #14 boarded a return flight and carried the briefcase back to Trinidad and Tobago, where Co-Conspirator #14 provided it to Warner."
According to a US Justice Department indictment, this would have been the second bribe paid by South African officials, after a first attempt to secure the 2006 Soccer World Cup failed.
The sordid details of South African alleged involvement in the global FIFA corruption scandal have been revealed, albeit scantly, in the US Justice Department indictment of some of the organisation's biggest players.
In the indictment, two high-ranking South African bid committee officials mysteriously dubbed Co-conspirator #15 and #16, are accused of twice bribing controversial Jack Warner, who was then FIFA vice-president.
The identities of the co-conspirators have not been revealed as no arrests have been made.
The first trove of cash, a bribe for the failed bid to host the 2006 Soccer World Cup, was delivered in "$10 000 stacks" to a relative of Warner in a hotel room in Paris.
"Previously, the defendant Jack Warner and his family had cultivated ties with South African soccer officials in connection with and subsequent to a failed bid by South Africa to host the 2006 World Cup.
"In the early 2000s, Co-Conspirator #14, a member of Warner's family, had used Warner's contacts in South Africa to organise friendly matches for Concacaf teams to play in South Africa. At one point, Warner also directed Co-Conspirator #14 to fly to Paris, France and accept a briefcase containing bundles of US currency in $10 000 stacks in a hotel room from Co-Conspirator #15, a high-ranking South African bid committee official," the indictment reads.
"Hours after arriving in Paris, Co-Conspirator #14 boarded a return flight and carried the briefcase back to Trinidad and Tobago, where Co-Conspirator #14 provided it to Warner."
