The
investigation into World Cup bidding has seen a number of individuals
having ethics cases opened against them, it has been announced.
The
action has been taken by FIFA ethics investigator Michael Garcia, and
was announced in a joint statement with ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert
following a meeting of the pair at FIFA headquarters in Zurich.
It is not
known how many people have had cases opened against them, or for what
specific reasons. FIFA has also lodged a separate criminal complaint
with the Swiss attorney general.
The
statement also said Garcia's full report into his investigation into
bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups would be passed to Domenico
Scala, the chairman of FIFA's audit and compliance committee, who
determine how much of the information should be made available to FIFA's
executive committee.
The
statement read: 'The investigatory chamber has already opened a number
of formal cases against individuals as a result of that inquiry.
Investigator Michael Garcia is unhappy with FIFA after publication of his report into corruption
'Neither
the recent referral of the reports to the Swiss Federal Public
Prosecutor's Office nor the request to the chairman of the FIFA Audit
and Compliance Committee will interfere with those ongoing proceedings.'
The
statement was released a few hours after it was claimed a FIFA
executive committee member had been reported to the ethics committee
after asking for 'hard cash' in return for votes during bidding for the
2018 and 2022 World Cups - but no action was ever taken.
Les
Murray, an Australian who was on the FIFA ethics committee at the time,
reported the demand after being informed of it by people working for
the Australia 2022 bid.
Sources
with knowledge of the cash-for-votes demand said the FIFA Ex Co member
asked for $5million (£3.19m) to build a sports centre.
Former FA chairman David Bernstein has called on England to boycott the 2018 World Cup in Russia
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