Blatter and Platini go on trial in Switzerland
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, have gone on trial in Switzerland over a suspected fraudulent payment.
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Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, have gone on trial in Switzerland over a suspected fraudulent payment.
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BELLINZONA, Switzerland: The trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and French footballing legend Michel Platini over alleged corrupt payments began in Switzerland on Wednesday with both defendants in a confident mood. Swiss prosecutors accuse the pair, once among the game’s most powerful figures, of unlawfully arranging a payment of $2.08 million (2 million Swiss francs) in 2011. Blatter and Platini deny the charges.
BELLINZONA, Switzerland : The trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and French footballing legend Michel Platini over alleged corrupt payments began in Switzerland on Wednesday with both defendants in a confident mood.
Former FIFA president Blatter, 86, and Platini, 66, start a two-week trial at Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona, following a mammoth investigation that began in 2015 and lasted six years. The pair are being tried over a two million Swiss franc ($2.08 million) payment in 2011 to Platini, who was then in charge of European football's governing body UEFA.
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Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA President Michel Platini are due to appear in a Swiss court on Wednesday facing corruption charges which triggered their downfall from the summit of global football.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA President Michel Platini are due to appear in a Swiss court on Wednesday facing corruption charges which triggered their downfall from the summit of global football. Swiss prosecutors accuse the pair, once among the game's most powerful figures, of unlawfully arranging a payment of two million Swiss francs ($2.08 million) in 2011 from FIFA to Platini. The case meant Blatter ended his 17-year reign as FIFA president in disgrace and torpedoed hopes by former France midfielder Platini of succeeding him.