GENEVA -- The Garcia Report commissioned by FIFA to investigate the 2018 and
2022 World Cup bid contests had less dramatic impact than many critics wanted.
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of the report was published, Russia and Qatar easily kept the hosting rights
they won in December 2010.Still, exactly two years ago Friday, FIFA handed
American lawyer Michael Garcias investigation report to Switzerlands attorney
general as a criminal complaint against suspected money laundering linked to the
bid campaigns.That lengthy case is ongoing and confidential.Until it is
completed, the main legacy of Garcias report is a series of ethics committee
sanctions for FIFA officials -- none from Russia or Qatar.Heres a look at those
sanctions:---LIFE BANSo elusive for many years, former FIFA vice president Jack
Warner was expelled from world soccer by Garcias work in September 2015.Warner
committed many and various acts of misconduct, the summary of Garcias report
noted, adding that the Trinidad and Tobago lawmaker was a key player in schemes
involving the offer, acceptance, and receipt of undisclosed and illegal
payments.In July 2011, Warner took a $1.212 million payment from former FIFA
presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam, the report said. Both were then under
investigation for allegedly bribing Caribbean voters.The money, Garcia said, was
linked to Warners decision to resign from FIFA and refuse to cooperate in the
proceedings against Mr. Bin Hammam.---8 YEARSReynald Temarii, the FIFA vice
president for Oceania in 2010, was banned twice by FIFAs ethics committee --
before and after the 2018-2022 votes.The former Tahiti player got a 1-year ban
for talking to undercover reporters from The Sunday Times, which alleged
widespread wrongdoing.Temarii appealed, with Bin Hammams encouragement and
financial help, and so left Oceania with no vote.According to the Garcia Report
summary, Temarii intended to vote for England and Australia. However, the
difference it would have made if Mr. Temarii would have participated in the vote
would not have been significant.In May 2015, Temarii was banned for eight years
for taking 305,640 euros (now $327,000) from Bin Hammam in January 2011 to pay
his legal fees.---5 YEARSAsias longtime FIFA vice president until 2011, Chung
Mong-joons surprise presidential bid in 2015 to succeed Sepp Blatter was
derailed.Chung was banned for six years on charges related to duty of disclosure
and obligation to collaborate with investigators. It was cut to five years on
appeal, and he was fined 50,000 Swiss francs ($49,850).The ethics committee
opened its case based on findings in the (Garcia) report against Chung, a member
of the South Korean family which owns World Cup sponsor Hyundai.Before the
December 2010 vote, Chung wrote to FIFA colleagues proposing a Korean-backed
Global Football Fund of almost $800 million. Those letters created at least the
appearance of a conflict (of interest), the Garcia summary noted.---3
YEARSPerhaps the strangest Garcia Report case related to 2010, with then Chile
soccer president Harold Mayne-Nicholls leading a FIFA team inspecting each World
Cup bid. He was most critical of Russia and Qatar, and mostly ignored by FIFA
voters.Days after visiting Qatar, Mayne-Nicholls asked about unpaid work for
three relatives at the Aspire youth academy in Doha.In 2014, when weighing a
FIFA presidency run against Blatter, Mayne-Nicholls learned he was being
investigated for conflicts of interest and unethically seeking gifts.Ethics
judges later said he ignored his responsibility ... to act with utmost
neutrality and integrity.Mayne-Nicholls was banned for seven years, reduced to
three on appeal by FIFA, and fined 20,000 Swiss francs
($19,900).---WARNINGSFranz Beckenbauer and Angel Maria Villar, both former
international players and 2018-2022 voters, were found to have disrespected
Garcias investigation.Beckenbauer was provisionally banned for two weeks during
the 2014 World Cup for snubbing requests for witness statements. He then
complied.About 18 months later, Beckenbauer was formally warned and fined 7,000
Swiss francs ($6,975). He is now under investigation by Swiss federal
prosecutors and FIFAs ethics committee over irregular payments linked to Germany
hosting the 2006 World Cup.Villar verbally insulted Garcia in Spanish, and was
warned and fined 25,000 Swiss francs ($24,900) last November.---CLEAREDThe first
Garcia Report case announced was to clear FIFA veteran Michel DHooghe of all
suspicion. Four allegations against the Belgian doctor were considered,
including accepting a painting from a long-time former executive committee
colleague from Russia.---ACTIVE CASESChung and Mayne-Nicholls can still appeal
to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, FIFA told the AP, even several months
after being notified of their FIFA appeal verdicts.A case announced this month
could also use Garcia evidence.Former Bin Hammam aide Najeeb Chirakal faces a
life ban in a case focused mainly on his involvement in payments to several
football officials. Those could include Bin Hammams cash gifts to Warner and
Temarii.Other FIFA ethics cases against individuals could also be ongoing but
remain confidential.
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