“Ugly face of the beautiful game”. Of Counsel Peter FitzGerald and Legal researcher Amalia Neenan discuss in The Law Society Gazette
Monday 29 June, 2020
The 2015 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) bribery scandal has all the hallmarks of a Shakespearian melodrama: money, deceit and the meteoric fall of the villain – former FIFA president Sepp Blatter (who has not been charged by US authorities and maintains his innocence of any wrongdoing). A decade on from the initial investigation, the full extent of the fraud is still being unearthed, with new indictments shedding further light on this intricate web of criminality and alleged criminality. Read more