New documents revealed about Qatar bribing FIFA in order to host the 2022 World Cup
Although it is true that at the end of the previous year Qatar World Cup 2022 There was a wonderful sports festival where great matches could be watched from the Greater Doha area It culminated with Lionel Messi and the Argentine national team lifting the most expensive trophy ever, In recent days, new documents have been published relating to bribes provided to FIFA.
It was a football event that represented the greatness of the national teams It is rife with corruption, human rights violations, and has had a large number of workers killed When it comes to building stadiums that welcomed the best players on the planet. Additionally, behind the election there are more dark issues that will likely continue to be uncovered.
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The documents that have come to light belong to Qatar National Bank (QNB), and indicate that in order for the Middle Eastern country to host the tournament, They had to pay 210 million pounds sterling, which in those times at the end of 2010 represented 330 million dollars.. This money was sent to the members of the FIFA committee that voted for Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022.
Report from Table magazine It is noteworthy that the papers include the names, bank accounts, and amounts of money that each of them obtained through the Qatari diplomatic mission in London. Furthermore, it details this account between February 2009 and December 2010 It paid more than £350 million ($553 million) to 22 peopleamong whom were 14 members of the FIFA Committee.
Who got more money?
It was also determined that some transactions were made to close relatives of members of this group, but the man who The biggest winner was Vitaly MutkoWho was in those years the Minister of Sports in Russia (2008-2016) and was the head of the Russian bid for the 2018 World Cup, and thus It earned $72.6 million at the end of 2009 and $34 million in December 2010..