Sepp Blatter runescape 2007 gold and other FIFA officials involved in choosing Russia and Qatar as future World Cup hosts are facing questions from ethics prosecutor Michael Garcia.
Garcia "is currently in Zurich and is also interviewing some of the FIFA executive members as part of his ongoing work," FIFA said in a statement Thursday.
Blatter and 12 colleagues, including UEFA president Michel Platini and Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko, remain on FIFA's board since the December 2010 vote gave the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 tournament to Qatar.
Before the vote, there were widespread allegations of rule-breaking by bidders and favor-seeking by the FIFA ruling committee. Two voters were suspended by FIFA following a cash-for-votes sting by British newspaper The Sunday Times.
Among nine voters who have since left FIFA, Mohamed bin Hammam of Qatar was banned for life by the governing body in 2012 for financial wrongdoing when leading the Asian Football Confederation.
Garcia's investigating team is focusing on FIFA board members. Since October, the team has been seeking interviews www.rsore.com with officials from the nine World Cup bid committees.
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