The US prosecutor accused the two countries of bribing them to get the World Cup hosting rights in 2018 and 2022
FIFA offices. The Pandora box is reopening
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A bomb was dropped on FIFA offices tonight (Monday to Tuesday) when the US prosecutor decided to accuse Russia and Qatar of bribing World Cup officials to win World Cup 2018 and 2022 honors. Already in recent years after being told they were honored to win In their country's most important soccer world tournament, the decisions were often reported to be unsuccessful and tonight the US Department of Justice took the suspicions one step further.
Russia that hosted the 2018 Summer World Cup defeated England and the joint offers of the Netherlands and Belgium and Spain and Portugal. Qatar overcame the right to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
According to the plaintiff, three FIFA executives from South America were caught on camera selling their votes and receiving money from Qatar. This is Argentine Julio Grodonna, who died in 2014 and the other is Nicolas Laos, who died in 2019 while in custody. The third suspect is Ricardo Chira , Chairman of the Brazilian Association in the past.
Russia is accused of bribing 2 people. The first is Jack Warner of Trinidad and Tobago who received $ 5 million to cast the ballot and the second suspect is Rafael Salgro of Guatemala, who has previously admitted he received $ 1 million to vote for Russia.