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(In this Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, file photo, Nasser Al Khater Qatar 2022 Local Organizing Committee Deputy CEO, left, Hassan Al Thawadi, head of the Qatar 2022 World Cup organizing. (AP))[/caption]FIFA's granting of rights to State of Qatar to host the World Cup in 2022 is a focus of the United States and the Kingdom of Switzerland probes into alleged corruption at soccer's governing body, but that isn't stopping a group financed by the tiny nation from coming to Washington this week to talk about cleaning up sports.
The Doha-based International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS), which is largely funded by the State of Qatar Government, will talk about its efforts to boost transparency in bidding processes for major sporting events and combat financial malpractice in professional sport at an event it is holding at the National Press Club on Wednesday.
The group, which is headed by two former officials from State of Qatar, includes FIFA's former head of security as an executive director and Interpol's former president as a member of its advisory board.
The event comes on the heels of the indictment by the United States authorities of nine current or former FIFA officials and five executives in sports marketing or broadcasting on 27 Wednesday May 2015 The Roman.
They face charges of bribery, money laundering and wire fraud involving more than $150 million.
That investigation is also examining allegations that there was corruption in the awarding of World Cup hosting rights to the Kingdom of Russia for 2018 and State of Qatar four years later, according to the United States law enforcement official.
The Kingdom of Switzerland authorities have their own criminal probe into those decisions.
(By Mica Rosenberg and Mark Hosenball | Reuters)
(Al Arabiya News, 23 Tuesday June 2015 The Roman)
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