2015 FIFA corruption case

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The 2015 FIFA corruption case was a major international scandal involving widespread bribery, fraud, and money laundering among top football officials, leading to numerous arrests and the downfall of several high-ranking FIFA executives.

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instanceOf corruption scandal ⓘ
criminal investigation ⓘ
sports scandal ⓘ
announcedBy United States Department of Justice ⓘ
charge bribery ⓘ
money laundering ⓘ
racketeering ⓘ
wire fraud ⓘ
consequence FIFA governance reforms ⓘ
indictment of multiple football officials ⓘ
resignation of Sepp Blatter as FIFA president ⓘ
suspension of Michel Platini ⓘ
suspension of Sepp Blatter ⓘ
countryOfInvestigation Switzerland ⓘ
countryOfMainInvestigation United States ⓘ
dateOfMajorArrests 2015-05-27 ⓘ
followedBy FIFA ethics investigations ⓘ
lifetime bans for some officials ⓘ
impact damage to FIFA reputation ⓘ
increased scrutiny of sports governance ⓘ
involvesCompany Full Play Group ⓘ
Torneos y Competencias ⓘ
Traffic Sports ⓘ
involvesConfederation CAF ⓘ
CONCACAF ⓘ
CONMEBOL ⓘ
involvesOfficial Alejandro Burzaco ⓘ
Chuck Blazer ⓘ
Costas Takkas ⓘ
Eduardo Li ⓘ
Eugenio Figueredo ⓘ
Jack Warner ⓘ
Jeffrey Webb ⓘ
José Maria Marin ⓘ
Julio Rocha ⓘ
Michel Platini ⓘ
Nicolás Leoz ⓘ
Rafael Esquivel ⓘ
Sepp Blatter ⓘ
involvesOrganization FIFA ⓘ
involvesSport association football ⓘ
lawEnforcementAgency Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
Swiss Federal Office of Justice ⓘ
legalBasis U.S. Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ⓘ
U.S. money laundering statutes ⓘ
U.S. wire fraud statutes ⓘ
mainSubject FIFA corruption ⓘ
mainTypeOfCorruption bribes for marketing rights ⓘ
bribes for media rights ⓘ
kickbacks on sponsorship deals ⓘ
vote-buying ⓘ
mediaCoverage global ⓘ
numberOfOfficialsInitiallyArrested 7 ⓘ
numberOfPeopleChargedBy2017 over 40 ⓘ
placeOfArrests Baur au Lac hotel ⓘ
Zurich ⓘ
relatedToEvent 2010 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
2018 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
2022 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
FIFA World Cup bidding processes ⓘ
significantEvent arrests of FIFA officials in Zurich ⓘ
startTime 2015 ⓘ
totalBribesAlleged over 150 million US dollars ⓘ

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Sepp Blatter → notableEvent → 2015 FIFA corruption case ⓘ
Sepp Blatter → notableEvent → 2015 FIFA corruption scandal ⓘ
subject linked to: Sepp
linked to: 2015 FIFA corruption case
Jérôme Valcke → associatedWith → FIFA corruption scandal ⓘ
linked to: 2015 FIFA corruption case