Fifa President Sepp Blatter was placed under criminal
investigation by Swiss(1) authorities on Friday as a probe(2) into soccer
corruption reached the highest levels and left his grip on the top job in
peril(3).
The Swiss attorney(4) general's office opened
proceedings(5) against Blatter for possible criminal mismanagement and
misappropriation of FIFA money. Authorities also searched Blatter's office and
seized data.
The announcements came as FIFA wrapped up(6) a two-day
executive committe(7) meeting and marked another stunning day of turmoil(8) for
the governing body and Blatter, who have been targeted by American and Swiss
investigations into corruption.
This comes after 14 Fifa executives and officials
were arrested in dawn raids by Swiss police at the request of the US
It was part of an ongoing investigation into corruption
at Fifa which concerns racketeering(9), wire fraud(10) and money
laundering over the course of 24 years.
Those arrested include Rafael Esquivel, Nicolas
Leoz, Jeffrey Webb, Jack Warner, Eduardo Li, Eugenio Figueredo and Jose Maria
Marin .
At a press briefing following the arrests, US attorney
general Loretta Lynch said: "The indictment(11) alleges(12)
corruption that is rampant(13), systemic and deep-rooted," said US
"It spans(14) at least two generations of soccer
officials who, as alleged, have abused their positions of trust to acquire
millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks(15)."
In addition, a criminal investigation into how the 2018
and 2022 World Cups were awarded has also begun.
These investigations are the latest development in a
timeline of the World football's governing body that has been dogged by
allegations of corruption following a 2010 exposé relating to the World Cup
bidding process.
Three days after being re-elected Sepp Blatter
resigned as Fifa president amid a widening corruption scandal(16) and
promised to call for fresh elections to choose a successor.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/11633821/Fifa-A-timeline-of-corruption-in-90-seconds.html
Structure of the Lead：
WHO-Sepp Blatter
WHEN- 25 Sep 2015
WHAT-FIFA corruption
WHY-Blatter for possible criminal
mismanagement and misappropriation of FIFA money
WHERE-not given
HOW-not given
Keywords：
1.Swiss 瑞士人
2.probe 調查
3.peril 危險
4.attorney 律師
5.proceedings 訴訟
4.attorney 律師
5.proceedings 訴訟
6.wrap up 完成
7.executive
committe 行政委員會
8.turmoil
騷動
9.racketeering
詐騙
10.fraud
詐欺
11.indictment
控告
12.allege
宣稱
13.rampant
猖獗的
14.span
包括
15.kickback
回扣
16.scandal
詆毀
The corruption is what those politicians always do. The money should not be in their pockets. We earn money hardly but those who involve in corruption are shameful.
回覆刪除The suspects in FIFA rationalize the behavior and scandal. Almost everyone in FIFA corrupted large amount of money. The had shamed the soccer world.
This corruption is astonishing to the whole world, and I think it is the most serious scandal which is related to football.Although corruptions always show up in the society, I think that corruptions usually are forgetted by people immediately. And the most important part is whatever the scandal developed, people will still love football.
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