{"id":10084,"date":"2016-08-05T12:42:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T12:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=10084"},"modified":"2016-08-06T12:14:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T12:14:23","slug":"fifa-ethics-court-drops-investigation-president-infantino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/fifa-ethics-court-drops-investigation-president-infantino.html","title":{"rendered":"FIFA ethics court drops investigation of President Infantino"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">FIFA ethics court drops investigation of President Infantino<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">FIFA ethics court drops investigation of President Infantino<\/span><\/strong>: <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000;\">ZURICH \u2013\u00a0 FIFA&#8217;s ethics committee has cleared President Gianni Infantino of alleged misconduct relating to use of private flights.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">FIFA ethics prosecutors say their decision to end a formal investigation into alleged conflicts of interest and improperly accepting gifts was supported by FIFA ethics judges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">The prosecuting chamber says: &#8220;It was found that no violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics had been committed by Mr. Infantino.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">An internal FIFA memo leaked to media said Infantino took flights from the governments of World Cup hosts Russia and Qatar, plus former employer UEFA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">These benefits &#8220;were not considered improper,&#8221; the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">The weeks-long investigation also examined Infantino&#8217;s hiring of senior advisers and refusal to sign his working contract since February.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">However, these were judged as &#8220;internal compliance issues.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Source<\/strong> <\/span>: http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2016\/08\/05\/fifa-ethics-court-drops-investigation-president-infantino.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/fifa-ethics-court-drops-investigation-president-infantino.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA ethics court drops investigation of President Infantino FIFA ethics court drops investigation of President Infantino: ZURICH \u2013\u00a0 FIFA&#8217;s ethics committee has cleared President Gianni Infantino of alleged misconduct relating to use of private flights. 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