FIFA has provisionally banned Concacaf
General Secretary Enrique Sanz from
football-related activities.
Concacaf governs football in North and
Central America as well as the Caribbean
and its president Jeffrey Webb was
arrested last week.
Webb was one of seven officials detained
by the US Department of Justice on
charges of racketeering, wire fraud and
money laundering.
Congo’s Football Association has also had
two officials provisionally banned.
Vice-President Jean Guy Blaise Mayolas
and General Secretary Badji Mombo
Wantete were suspended “based on the
fact that various breaches of the FIFA
Code of Ethics appear to have been
committed by said officials”.
In tandem with the seven arrests in
Switzerland last Wednesday, the US
Department of Justice also raided the
headquarters of Concacaf in Miami.
The following day, Sanz, who had held
his post since 2012, was placed on an
immediate leave of absence by the
confederation.
FIFA stated the action taken against him
was “on the basis of investigations
carried out by the investigatory chamber
of the FIFA ethics committee and the
latest facts presented by the US
attorney’s office for the Eastern District
of New York”.
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