World Soccer Body FIFA’s Board Still Has Risk, Scala Says
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FIFA’s chief independent compliance official said the biggest corruption risk facing the world soccer governing body is its board.
Governance at the body has once again become a focus after London’s Sunday Times newspaper published accusations that Mohamed bin Hammam of Qatar, a former FIFA vice president, paid more than $5 million to soccer officials around the world to help his nation win the right to host the 2022 World Cup. Qatar 2022 officials have rejected the allegations, which the Sunday Times said were based on millions of documents and e-mails it received from a senior FIFA official.