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FIFA Faces Corruption Charges
The Department of Justice has indicted nine high-ranking FIFA officials and five sports marketing executives on charges including racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe Department of Justice has indicted nine high-ranking FIFA officials and five sports marketing executives on charges including racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering.
The organization has long been viewed as a bastion of corruption, and is now being investigated as a criminal enterprise. According to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, “These individuals engaged in bribery to decide who would televise games, where the games would be held, and who would run the organization overseeing organized soccer worldwide.”
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The full episode
1 of 5Corruption Charges Hit FIFA, Heizer’s "Potato Chip," Graffiti In Joshua Tree- 0:00FIFA Faces Corruption ChargesYou’re reading this
- 8:34World Cup Construction and Human Rights Abuses
- 17:26One Person One Vote Goes to the Supreme Court
- 25:36From "Levitated Mass" to Massive "Potato Chip"
- 39:34Graffiti in National Parks