Re:FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extra...
by ptaipale on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @02:52AM
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The basis for this surely is business of people in USA. Meaning that the business is in USA even if the people currently were in Switzerland. Recently, there has been more public attention on tax evasion, and football (as I call it; soccer for Americans) is big business.
I do not believe the Swiss police would have acted for this on a U.S. request without some substantial evidence of actual wrongdoing that happened in the U.S. and is punishable by law both in the U.S. and Switzerland.
I am happy that the U.S. is finally putting some pressure on FIFA and its corruption (and inefficiency).
(As an anecdote, I got really pissed off by the FIFA procedures when trying to let an exchange student, a young kid, to play just for fun. They really try to squeeze the money off of ordinary people, just for a 16-year-old to be licensed to play. The end result: he couldn't play.)
I do not believe the Swiss police would have acted for this on a U.S. request without some substantial evidence of actual wrongdoing that happened in the U.S. and is punishable by law both in the U.S. and Switzerland.
I am happy that the U.S. is finally putting some pressure on FIFA and its corruption (and inefficiency).
(As an anecdote, I got really pissed off by the FIFA procedures when trying to let an exchange student, a young kid, to play just for fun. They really try to squeeze the money off of ordinary people, just for a 16-year-old to be licensed to play. The end result: he couldn't play.)