FIFA’s Ethics Committee has opened a formal investigation into Franz Beckenbauer and possible bribery to secure Germany’s 2006 World Cup host selection.
Beckenbauer – former vice-president of the German FA (DFB) and president of their 2006 LOC – is being investigated for “possible undue payments and contracts to gain an advantage in the 2006 FIFA World Cup host selection and the associated funding”.
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Other former DFB officials Theo Zwanziger, Horst R. Schmidt and Stefan Hans are being investigated for the same thing as Beckenbauer regarding a possible breach of FIFA’s rules on offering and accepting gifts and other benefits, and bribery and corruption.
Two other former DFB officials – Wolfgang Niersbach and Helmut Sandrock – are being investigated for “a possible failure to report a breach of the FIFA Code of Ethics regarding general rules of conduct, loyalty, duty of disclosure, cooperating and reporting, and conflicts of interest”.
