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Following the announcement of the Swiss authorities that they are starting a criminal investigation into Sepp Blatter, president of FIFA, Transparency International issued the following statement. Cobus de Swardt, managing director of Transparency International said today: “The criminal investigations at FIFA have now reached the very top, showing that the organisation is not fit for …
INDEPENDENT REFORM IS THE ONLY WAY TO RESCUE FIFA As FIFA’s executive committee meets to discuss fresh elections for FIFA’s president, leading campaign groups have come together to call for independent reform of FIFA. Transparency International, Avaaz and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) have joined forces with the #NewFIFANow campaign advocating for time-limited independent …
Sepp Blatter announced today he is stepping down as President of FIFA. Transparency International Managing Director Cobus de Swardt said: “FIFA has overseen a sordid empire of corruption. Now is the time for reform, there should be no turning back, no obstacles, nothing that should any longer hang over this beautiful game.” Seven steps FIFA …
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL, TWO NOBEL LAUREATES AND 22 LEADERS OF CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTING EVERY CONTINENT PUBLISH OPEN LETTER TO G20 LEADERS An open letter published today to the leaders of the Group of 20 biggest economies, five days before the leaders’ summit in Brisbane, Australia, calls for concrete actions to stop corruption and make the global …
Switzerland must make it much harder for the corrupt to hide behind secret companies if the country wants to keep criminal activity out of its financial system, Transparency International Switzerland said today as it launched the “Unmask the Corrupt” campaign in Switzerland. Currently, Switzerland does not require the identity of the real, living people who …
Berlin, Nyon, Frankfurt, 14 August 2014 – The anti-corruption organisation Transparency International (TI), the Association of European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) and the German Football League (DFL) teamed up to fight match-fixing in football. Their project “Staying on Side: How to Stop Match-fixing” was one of six pilot projects, co-funded by the European Commission. The project included …