{"id":298,"date":"2019-08-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/german-bundestag-strengthens-sports-integrity-laws-against-match-fixing\/"},"modified":"2019-08-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T00:00:00","slug":"german-bundestag-strengthens-sports-integrity-laws-against-match-fixing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/index.php\/german-bundestag-strengthens-sports-integrity-laws-against-match-fixing\/","title":{"rendered":"GERMAN BUNDESTAG STRENGTHENS SPORTS INTEGRITY LAWS AGAINST MATCH FIXING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swiss federal prosecutors have issued an indictment against three former\u00a0<strong>German Football Association<\/strong>\u00a0(DFB) officials after a number of investigations into a suspect payment linked to the\u00a0<strong>2006 German World Cup<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment has suggested that the officials had reportedly misled the\u00a0DFB over a\u00a0\u20ac6.7m payment, with allegations having been made implying that\u00a0the payment was a means of purchasing votes in favour of Germany\u2019s bid to host the 2006 tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Former DFB presidents<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Theo Zwanziger<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Wolfgang Niersbach<\/strong>, senior DFB official\u00a0<strong>Horst Schmidt<\/strong>\u00a0and former Swiss FIFA official\u00a0<strong>Urs Linsi<\/strong>\u00a0are all under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe investigations have revealed that in summer 2002 Franz Beckenbauer accepted a loan of 10 million Swiss francs in his own name and for his own account from Robert Louis-Dreyfus. This sum was used to fund various payments made via a Swiss law firm to a Qatari company belonging to Mohammed Bin Hammam,\u201d the Attorney General\u2019s Office (OAG) said.<\/p>\n<p>Bin Hammam was a member of the\u00a0<strong>FIFA Executive Committee<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>FIFA Finance Committee<\/strong>\u00a0at the time.<\/p>\n<p>While the officials have denied any wrongdoing, Schmidt, Zwanziger and Linsi are currently undergoing investigation for fraud. The OAG has since stated that it had dropped last month its investigation of money-laundering allegations in the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe exact purpose of the total payments of 10 million Swiss francs to Mohammed Bin Hammam could not be determined \u2013 also because a corresponding request for mutual legal assistance made by the OAG to the Qatari authorities in September 2016 remained unanswered until today,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>A number of investigations have been carried out into the payment, which subsequently led to the resignation of Niersbach. 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