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69% OF FANS POLLED HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN FIFA On the day Transparency International launches its Global Corruption Report: Sport, an in-depth report looking at why sport has become so corrupt and what can be done to stop this, the anti-corruption group is also announcing the results of a new poll that shows just how …
NEW REPORT FROM TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL SHOWS LACK OF INFORMATION AND TRANSPARENCY IN FOOTBALL AND HIGHLIGHTS CORRUPTION RISKS Most of the 209 national Football Associations that make up FIFA, world football’s governing body, publish little or no information on what they do and how they spend their money despite the fact that they received more than …
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 …
Measures announced today by FIFA fall far short of what is required to clean out corruption at FIFA and its associations. Instead of agreeing to a serious independent reform commission, FIFA today announced yet another task force made up of 10 FIFA confederation members and one independent chair who has not yet been named. This …
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 …
The Transparency International movement passed a resolution calling on FIFA, world football’s governing body, to publish its investigation into alleged bribery in the awarding of the World Cup to Russia and Qatar. “Sport should be a role model of fair play but the ability for sport to act as a force for good in the …