The President of the International football Federation (FIFA), Gianni Infantino became the figurant of criminal case. The Swiss Prosecutor’s office suspects Mr. Infantino in the abuse of authority, violation of official secrecy, the obstruction of a criminal investigation and incitement to abuse. The reason for interest in the head of world football began his first contacts with recently retired attorney General of Switzerland Michael Lauber, is known including what, quickly closed the case related to football corruption.On the website of the government of Switzerland has reported a criminal case against a citizen of this country, President of the International Federation of football Gianni Infantino. It is incumbent spectracolor Stefan Keller.It transpires that Mr. Infantino, turned the official “second tier” in the first person of world football in the Wake of a Grand corruption crisis in FIFA in 2015, is suspected of abuse of authority, violation of official secrecy, the obstruction of a criminal investigation and incitement to abuse. Mainly talking about his contacts with former attorney General of Switzerland Michael Lauber. History turned in a criminal case to Gianni Infantino, quite a long time. In the public plane it came out in March of this year, when the Swiss ended in the case of fraud, the persons involved which was just four famous German football functionary. Charges were brought against the ex-President of the German football Association (DFB) Theo Zwanziger, former Secretary-General of the Horst Rudolf Schmidt, Vice-President of the organizing Committee of the 2006 world Cup in Germany Wolfgang Niersbach and former Secretary-General of FIFA Ursu Lindsay. In addition to the case was listed and the legendary Franz Beckenbauer, who headed the organizing Committee of the 2006 world Cup. But he still managed to avoid a trial. Because of their age and state of health 74-year-old Beckenbauer were not subjected to full prosecution, identifying him with the role of witness.The essence of the charges was that the above persons had bribed several members of the FIFA Executive Committee to vote for Germany in the elections of the host country of the 2006 world Cup. According to investigators, back in 2000, the head of Adidas, Robert Louis-Dreyfus turned to 10.3 million Swiss francs in the bid Committee “Germany-2006”. These funds were to go to the needs of the structure, the leader of which was Franz Beckenbauer. But in reality, they have been used in order to buy the votes of the four representatives of Asia in the Executive Committee of FIFA. Thus, it is believed the Prosecutor’s office, the DFB was done wellth material damage. And the stolen funds are partially passed through the Swiss structure. Even later in the case of a probable name of the beneficiary’s Mohammed bin Hammam of Qatar. At that time he was a member of the Executive Committee of FIFA.The process came to nothing. Due to restrictions imposed by the Swiss authorities in the fight against the spread of coronavirus, in particular, prohibition for older people to visit public places, it had to be suspended. The result was the Statute of limitations in the case — and the court was forced to close it without a resolution.The closure of the case by German football officials has caused a wave of criticism of the attorney General of Switzerland Michael Lauber, to which had previously been claimed for the way he conducts business about corruption in football, for example, due to premature closure of the trial about the abuse in the Union of European football associations (UEFA) for the implementation of the rights to broadcast the Champions League matches. In 2016 as a result of the scandal with the “Panama records” revealed that in the early 2000s, the UEFA sold the rights to show matches in Ecuador Cross Trading company for $140 thousand That immediately resells them to the Ecuadorian Teleamazonas TV for $440 thousand On the contract with the Cross Trading was signed Gianni Infantino, in February 2016 elected President of FIFA, and at the time of the events described served as Director of the legal Department of UEFA.Had reason to believe that this story took place a deliberate underestimation of the value of television rights and receiving “kickbacks” after their resale at full price. Swiss prosecutors opened a case, but it yielded no result. It turned out that Michael Lauber at least three times informally met with Gianni Infantino. Later, the Prosecutor Lauber argued that simply did not consider it necessary to formalize the meeting with the defendant in the case, pending in his Department, but had to understand that in this way casts doubt on his impartiality.In the case of Michael Lauber, to whom the scandal was worth the post, an internal investigation focused primarily on the third, held in June 2017 (at this point Mr. Infantino longer perceived as the undisputed leader of the world football establishment) in the Bernese hotel.FIFA has not commented on the claims against her head.Alex Armor
