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In a legal victory for former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, federal prosecutors in Switzerland plan to drop one of two cases open against him for suspected criminal mismanagement.

GENEVA —

The criminal proceeding against Blatter was opened 4 1/2 years ago and helped remove him from the presidential office he held for more than 17 years. He is serving a six-year FIFA ban from soccer. The CFU was controlled by Jack Warner, the now disgraced former FIFA vice-president. The rights were sold to a Jamaica-based broadcaster for a profit reportedly close to $20 million.

The Caribbean deal for the 2014 tournament was terminated in 2011 after Warner’s resignation from FIFA. He was banned for life in 2015 after being indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice, and has since fought extradition from Trinidad and Tobago. A first Swiss trial, into an irregular payment between German organizers of the 2006 World Cup and Blatter’s FIFA in 2005, briefly opened last month. It was adjourned amid problems conducting the process during the coronavirus pandemic in a court close to the Italian border. The trial of four soccer officials faces collapsing this month due to a statute of limitations expiring.

 

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Victory or bribe, a north korean judicial system is more trust worthy They just announced both world cups were won by bribes ... he didn’t get his cut ... are you playing stupid or plain stupid !?

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