Garcia report

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The Garcia Report is a report by then FIFA chief investigator Michael J. Garcia in the context of the FIFA corruption affair .

background

In 2012, the American lawyer Michael J. Garcia, previously elected chairman of the new investigative chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, was commissioned by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to prepare a report. In the report, Garcia determines the background to the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar and whether there were irregularities or corruption.

The 430-page report was completed in 2014 and presented to the FIFA delegates on September 5, 2014 before the FIFA Committee. On November 13, 2014, Hans-Joachim Eckert , then Chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of the  FIFA Ethics Committee , presented a 42-page summary of the report to the public. The result: There is no evidence of a purchased World Cup award. However, during his investigations into Qatar, Garcia had come across incidents that indicated "a lack of transparency" and could create a "negative impression".

Garcia had asked for the report to be published in full. He had been assisted in this by FIFA reform officer Mark Pieth and the then Jordanian FIFA Executive Committee member Ali bin al-Hussein . However, FIFA decided not to publish the report in full. She justified this with legal problems. In addition, the personal rights of persons named in the report must be preserved. Josef Blatter , who was president of the world football association FIFA, also refused to publish the full report .

Garcia stepped down as chairman in December 2014. He criticized a lack of leadership within FIFA. His confidence in the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee has been lost.

On June 26, 2017, the Bild editorial team published a press release that they were in possession of the full Garcia report. This led to media coverage around the world.

consequences

On June 27, 2017, FIFA put the full report online. A day later it became known that there was a flow of money from Qatar to the account of a ten-year-old girl, according to the Süddeutscher Zeitung "the report offers an enormous pool of misconduct by individuals, especially executive members, who were concerned with 'personal benefit'".

Of the 22 FIFA officials who decided on the award of the World Cup in 2010, only two were in office when the full report was published in 2017. 20 had either resigned or been deposed.

In 2017, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung wrote of an “unculture” on the part of the officials, saying that they had behaved “greedy and shameless” towards the applicants for the soccer world championships. Jack Warner from Trinidad and Tobago was highlighted , who made demands particularly unabashedly. For example, he not only asked the Australians for half a million dollars for a performance center in his home country, but also asked for more money after receiving it, as well as a job for the son of his banker from English officials. While the banker's son was given a temporary job at Tottenham Hotspur , which was extended at Warner's request, the British executive member Nicolás Leoz from Paraguay's request for a title of nobility met with rejection. He got the answer that it was completely impossible, in Great Britain "we don't work that way".

Gianni Infantino , FIFA President's successor to Joseph Blatter since 2016, blamed the Ethics Committee at the time, chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert , for the late full publication of the report . She prevented publication, he himself had wanted it for a long time. In Welt online , one commentator rated this as unbelievable. It took intensive media work to even take a look behind the felt wall of FIFA, and the world association is actually trying to make transparency a priority: "You should be ashamed."

In early May 2020, New York revelations revealed that the votes of three FIFA officials, including Ricardo Teixeira and Nicolás Leoz , had been bought to vote for Qatar. Despite the evidence, however, it seems unlikely that the World Cup would be withdrawn from Qatar. In addition to financial losses for FIFA, the construction of the stadiums in Qatar is already too far advanced; the USA would also have little interest in filing a lawsuit due to the hosting of the 2026 World Cup. Former FIFA boss Sepp Blatter said in an ARD interview: “The World Cup will be played in Qatar.” According to whistleblower Bonita Mersiades , who was part of the Australian delegation in 2010, all nations should at least try before the award would have to buy votes.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Wulzinger: Fifa acquits Russia and Qatar from allegations of corruption . In: Spiegel Online . November 13, 2014, accessed June 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ Fifa chief investigator wants to publish corruption report . In: Spiegel Online . September 24, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ Results of the Garcia report are only partially published . In: Spiegel Online . October 17, 2014, accessed June 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ Fifa chief investigator Garcia resigns . In: Spiegel Online . December 17, 2014, accessed June 28, 2017.
  5. ↑ Peter Rossberg: BILD reveals what Fifa keeps secret . In: picture online . June 26, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  6. ↑ World Cup 2022: Claims of corruption in Qatar bid published in Germany . In: BBC News . June 27, 2017, accessed June 28, 2017.
  7. ↑ FIFA publishes Garcia World Cups report after leak . In: marca.com . June 27, 2017, accessed June 28, 2017.
  8. ↑ Garcia Report leaked to Image: Qatar World Cup, FIFA . In: foxsports.com.au . June 27, 2017, accessed June 28, 2017.
  9. ↑ REPORT ON THE INQUIRY INTO THE 2018/2022 FIFAWORLD CUP ™ BIDDING PROCESS. June 28, 2017, archived from the original on June 28, 2017 ; accessed on June 28, 2017 (English).
  10. ↑ REPORT ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE RUSSIAN BID TEAM. June 28, 2017, archived from the original on June 28, 2017 ; accessed on June 28, 2017 (English).
  11. ↑ REPORT ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE US BID TEAM. June 28, 2017, archived from the original on June 28, 2017 ; accessed on June 28, 2017 (English).
  12. ↑ New thriller about the Qatar scandal report . In: sport1.de . June 28, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  13. ↑ Fifa publishes Garcia report on World Cup awards in 2018 and 2022 . In: faz.net . June 27, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  14. ↑ Cash flows to the account of a ten-year-old . In: sueddeutsche.de . June 27, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  15. ↑ Elmar Wagner, Peter B. Birrer: The Fifa officials wanted more money - and a title of nobility. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung online. June 28, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017 .
  16. ^ Second class acquittal for Russia and Qatar. (No longer available online.) In: handelsblatt.com. June 28, 2017, formerly in the original ; accessed on June 30, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / app.handelsblatt.com  
  17. ↑ Lars Wallrodt: With this declaration, Fifa knocks out the bottom. In: welt.de. June 28, 2017, Retrieved June 30, 2017 (comment).
  18. ↑ Sepp Blatter: WM 2022 will take place in Qatar , on sueddeutsche.de, on May 3, 2020. Retrieved on May 3, 2020.
  19. ↑ FIFA process - new revelations on the 2022 World Cup awards , on sportschau.de, from May 3, 2020. Accessed on May 3, 2020.