Fifa has been laundering its reputation through partnerships with UN bodies. WHO and UNHCR are declining to disclose the amount they are receiving from the fund meant to provide remedies to migrant workers.
By Sam Kunti
Once again, Loretta Lynch delivered a passionate speech and once again it was with Fifa in her sights. Yet, the woman who ‘took on Fifa’ as attorney general of the United States and called corruption at Fifa ‘rampant, systemic and deep-rooted’ in 2015, struck a different tone this time. She commended the organisation and called football “foundational”.
On the sidelines of the 2023 women’s World Cup, Lynch was speaking at a women’s football convention staged by Fifa, once her foe. It wasn’t a first time for Lynch either. At Fifa’s 2020 compliance summit, Lynch, today a partner at the New York-based law firm Paul, Weiss, which represents FIFA, said “I am heartened to hear of FIFA’s renewed commitment to transparency and ethical behaviour, and its desire to improve the compliance environment throughout all of football, with the important objective of safeguarding this sport.”
In Sydney, Lynch and her husband attended the semi-final between hosts Australia and England. Lynch and Fifa failed to disclose who covered the pair’s expenses and whether Fifa had paid her to address the women’s convention. Lynch was just the latest in a long line of FIFA trophies.
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