PSG supremo, Valcke face bribery charges
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Swiss federal prosecutors have announced a criminal case for suspected bribery linked to World Cup broadcast rights against Nasser al-Khelaifi, the Qatari president of Paris Saint-Germain.
The investigation concerns alleged bribes offered to former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke to award 2026 and 2030 World Cup rights to Qatari-owned BeIN Media Group, the office of Switzerland鈥檚 attorney general said yesterday.
The latest proceeding in a broader Swiss investigation of FIFA is against 鈥淛erome Valcke, the chief executive officer of the BeIN Media Group LLC Nasser al-Khelaifi, and a businessman in the sports rights sector鈥, federal prosecutors said.
Valcke was alleged to have received 鈥渦ndue advantages鈥 from the unidentified businessman to award 鈥渕edia rights for certain countries鈥 for four World Cups from 2018 through 2030.
Valcke was questioned yesterday and properties were searched in France, Greece, Italy and Spain.
Swiss prosecutors said the action was carried out with Eurojust, a European Union agency for cooperation in criminal matters. 鈥淢ultiple premises were searched, assets were seized and interviews were conducted as a result of this joint operation,鈥 Eurojust said.
The criminal proceeding was opened on March 20, but only announced yesterday, the Swiss federal office said.
The proceeding against al-Khelaifi is one of the first direct links to Qatar in sweeping investigations by authorities in the United States, France and Switzerland of FIFA, international soccer, and the 2018-2022 World Cup bidding contests.
Al-Khelaifi鈥檚 profile has risen in recent weeks as PSG sealed a world-record transfer of Brazil star Neymar from Barcelona for 220 million euros (US$260 million).
The case stemmed from a wider investigation of FIFA鈥檚 business that saw criminal proceedings opened against Valcke in March 2016.
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