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BBC reporting thyat 16 CFU officials are being probed by FIFA for their roles in the recent vote buying scandal
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/14498981.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/14498981.stm
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Warner’s empire crumbling as FIFA charges 16
KEIR RADNEDGE reporting
LONDON/ZURICH, Aug 11: FIFA moved to pull apart the Caribbean foundation of Jack Warner’s powerbase when the Ethics Committee charged 16 officials from 11 national associations over the notorious Bin Hammam bribery scandal.
The president of the Asian confederation was banned for life – a punishment against which he is appealing – over monies paid to officials from the Caribbean Football Union when he was challenging Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency.
Bin Hammam says he paid money for expenses over for distribution under the aegis of Warner, then president of CONCACAF, to delegates at an election conference in Port of Spain, Trinidad, on May 10 and 11. The FIFA Ethics Committee later convicted Bin Hammam on bribery charges he continues to deny.
Logically, it followed that anyone who accepted the money was open to charge of accepting bribes in direct contravention of Article 10 of the FIFA Code of Ethics. This lays down that: “Officials are not permitted to accept gifts and other benefits that exceeed the average relative value of local cultural customs from any third parties. If in doubt, gifts shall be declined.”
The most clearcut insistence in Article 10 is its concluding sentence: “Accepting gifts of cash in any amount or form is prohibited.”
Already, one of of the officials concerned, Colin Klass of Guyana, has been provisionally suspended from taking part in any football-related activity by the chairman of the Ethics Committee, Claudio Sulser (Switzerland). FIFA said, in a statement, that this had followed “consideration of the specific information received on this matter.”
FIFA said that Judge Robert Torres, a member of the Ethics Committee, has been entrusted by the committee with supervising and directing an investigation conducted by former FBI director Louis Freeh. A statement noted that “the Ethics Committee will contact the 16 officials to arrange further interviews in connection with these proceedings. It is important to note that the investigations are still ongoing, and that it is therefore possible that further proceedings could be opened in the future.”
The 16 officials are as follows: David Hinds and Mark Bob Forde (Barbados), Franka Pickering and Aubrey Liburd (British Virgin Islands) David Frederick (Cayman Islands), Osiris Guzman and Felix Ledesma (Dominican Republic), Colin Klass and Noel Adonis (Guyana), Yves Jean-Bart (Haiti), Anthony Johnson (St Kitts and Nevis), Patrick Mathurin (St Lucia), Joseph Delves and Ian Hypolite (St Vincent and the Grenadines), Richard Groden (Trinidad and Tobago) plus Hillaren Frederick (US Virgin Islands).
http://keirradnedge.com/2011/08/11/w...fa-charges-16/Last edited by Karl; August 11, 2011, 07:18 PM. -
Look like Captain Burrell safe.Comment
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In a selfish way I'm happy that The Captain was not numbered among the 16:
BARBADOS:
David Hinds & Mark Bob Forde
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.:
Aubrey Liburd & Franks Pinkering
CAYMAN ISLANDS:
David Frederick
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
Felix Ledesma & Osiris Guzman
GUYANA:
Colin Klass & Noel Adonis
HAITI:
Yves Jean-Bart
SAINT KITTS & NEVIS:
Anthony Johnson
SAINT LUCIA:
Patrick Mathurin
SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES:
Ian Hypolite & Joseph Delves
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO:
Richard Groden
US VIRGIN ISLANDS:
Hilaren Frederick
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wonder if he brokered a deal with FIFA?Solidarity is not a matter of well wishing, but is sharing the very same fate whether in victory or in death.
Che Guevara.Comment
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Hmmmmnnnn! One never really knows."The contribution of forumites and others who visit shouldn’t be discounted, and offending people shouldn’t be the first thing on our minds. Most of us are educated and can do better." Mi bredrin Sass Jan. 29,2011Comment
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Licky Licky Trinidad did must affi up dehComment
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This is FIFA, worse than tribal politics, this is crab inna barell business, every man for themselves...Solidarity is not a matter of well wishing, but is sharing the very same fate whether in victory or in death.
Che Guevara.Comment
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Rhatid David Hines left Steel Pulse and gone run football a Barbados...Solidarity is not a matter of well wishing, but is sharing the very same fate whether in victory or in death.
Che Guevara.Comment
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This pave the way for Burrell, the next president of CFU. Burrell is no idiot. Watch him take advantage now. How much we owe England again?- Don't let negative things break you, instead let it be your strength, your reason for growth. Life is for living and I won't spend my life feeling cheated and downtrodden.
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- Don't let negative things break you, instead let it be your strength, your reason for growth. Life is for living and I won't spend my life feeling cheated and downtrodden.
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wasn't he already CFU president? or a d good weed have mi head a way.Originally posted by Assasin View PostComment
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