Report: Caribbean Football Officials Ask FIFA for New Investigator

By: - June 7th, 2011

FIFA President Sepp Blatter (Source: FIFA)

Some Caribbean football officials have expressed their displeasure with the appointment of Louis Freeh, former head of the U.S.’s Federal Bureau of Investigation, as head of FIFA’s inquiry into the bribery scandal. “The investigation is tainted and biased and clearly has a U.S.-driven agenda,” one Caribbean official wrote in a letter to FIFA. According to the letter, which was seen by Reuters, the official asked for a neutral venue and a new investigator that was “truly independent.” [Reuters]

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