
Washington - The confession of bribes accepted at the highest level today aggravates corruption scandal shakes the foundations of the International Football Federation (FIFA).
Chuck Blazer, head of the North-Central American and Caribbean Football Confederation (CONCACAF) from 1991-2013, admitted the payment of bribes to award during the World Cup in 1998 and 2010.
Newly declassified, such confession dates from 2013, when the former member of the FIFA Executive Committee (1996-2013) pleaded guilty to fraud, money laundering and tax evasion.
'In the period when I worked for FIFA and CONCACAF, I and other members of the FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes at least twice, "Blazer said a judge.
The US authorities are leading the investigation, already forced the resignation of Sepp Blatter as head of FIFA, and is eyeing other figures, such as the Trinidadian Jack Wagner.
The president of the Concacaf suspected that claimed 10 million dollars for three votes for the World Cup, where would argue that such money for development projects in the Caribbean.
Countries such as South Africa and Australia opened investigations into possible corruption in the awarding of World Cups, as tentatively organized in 2022 Qatar.
In turn, Wagner says it has documents showing the involvement of FIFA in the financing of a political party for the general elections in Trinidad and Tobago in 2010.
Also, two banks in the Caribbean today investigating millionaire transfers made in 2008 by the International Football Federation (FIFA) to former officials of that entity, after news that the operations were part of a network of corruption.
The Republic Bank Limited (RBL) of Trinidad and Tobago said it will review open on behalf of the Caribbean Football Union and the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) accounts, but controlled by the former vice president of FIFA Jack Warner.
Warner faces an arrest warrant from Interpol for being one of the 14 implicated in the scandal of money laundering, bribery and extortion within the leadership of the international body.
The US Department of Justice filed charges, it wants to extradite and prosecute all for such crimes.
On the other hand, the Cayman Islands Fidelity Bank also opened a similar investigation into the deposits made to an account of the Concacaf controlled by an employee of former FIFA Jeffrey Webb, one of those involved in the controversy.
The accumulation of accusations and evidence increased skepticism about the innocence of Blatter, who resigned last Tuesday, hours after being re-elected to his fifth term.
In Ireland, the Irish Independent reported that Blatter appeared for seven years in the flat of directors of a company founded in Dublin for tax benefits.
FIFA denied that Blatter should play operating functions in the company, and justified grounds outdated tax policies that would require paying twice for the same income.
