LONDON - Michael Garcia, the lead investigator into alleged corruption surrounding the bid process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, has criticised Fifa for not conducting its ethics investigations in an open manner.
Garcia submitted his long-awaited report to German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert last month and called for it to be made public, in line with "the goals of the reform process".
A number of Fifa executive committee members have backed its publication, but president Sepp Blatter has sidestepped the issue and the governing body's legal director linked the report's confidentiality with the protection of witnesses.
"That's a kind of system which might be appropriate for an intelligence agency but not for an ethics compliance process ..." the BBC quoted Garcia as saying at an event organised by the American Bar Association in London. - Reuters
Garcia calls for Fifa transparency
LONDON - Michael Garcia, the lead investigator into alleged corruption surrounding the bid process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, has criticised Fifa for not conducting its ethics investigations in an open manner.
Garcia submitted his long-awaited report to German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert last month and called for it to be made public, in line with "the goals of the reform process".
A number of Fifa executive committee members have backed its publication, but president Sepp Blatter has sidestepped the issue and the governing body's legal director linked the report's confidentiality with the protection of witnesses.
"That's a kind of system which might be appropriate for an intelligence agency but not for an ethics compliance process ..." the BBC quoted Garcia as saying at an event organised by the American Bar Association in London. - Reuters