Former FIFA officials Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini face corruption trial

By Trend Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini will go on trial for fraud and other offences, Switzerland’s federal criminal court has said, Trend reports citing Euronews. The former FIFA officials will face a Swiss federal court in June after more than six years of criminal proceedings. Blatter — who served as FIFA President from 1998 to 2015 — is accused of authorising FIFA to pay Platini 2 million Swiss francs (€1.98 million) in 2011. Platini had made a written request to FIFA to be paid a backdated additional salary for working as a presidential adviser in Blatter’s first term in office. Blatter…

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