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FIFA suspect Burzaco turns himself in to Italian police
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 10 - 06 - 2015

In this May 14, 2015 photo, CONMEBOL delegate Roger Bello (L), of Bolivia, talks with Boca Juniors goalkeeper Agustin Orion (C) and Alejandro Burzaco, president of Torneos y Competencias, moments before canceling the Copa Libertadores match between Boca Juniors and River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina. — AP


ROME — Police in northern Italy say Argentine businessman Alejandro Burzaco, who was indicted by US authorities in connection to the FIFA corruption case, has turned himself in.
Bolzano police official Giuseppe Tricarico told the Associated Press that Burzaco turned himself in Tuesday morning. He was with an Italian and Spanish-speaking lawyer.
Tricarico said Burzaco is currently in a jail cell pending a hearing later Tuesday on whether to confirm the arrest, as is procedure in Italy.
Tricarico said Burzaco was “searched for across the world” after being named, along with two other Argentines, in the US indictment.
Burzaco is the president of sports marketing company Torneos y Competencias.
Australia cautious
Australia has shelved its bid for the 2023 Women's World Cup pending an “overhaul” of FIFA as the global soccer governing body reels from a corruption scandal.
Football Federation Australia (FFA) declared its intention to bid for the women's global showpiece a month ago, but its failed bid for the 2022 men's tournament has come under renewed scrutiny since the arrests of more than a dozen soccer and media executives for corruption.
“In the current volatile environment, FFA can give no consideration to bidding for any FIFA tournament,” the FFA said in a statement Tuesday.
“FFA has made it clear that major reform is needed. FIFA's problems are deep-rooted and tangled in a culture that has developed over decades.
“Until such time that the existing governance model is overhauled, it's hard to imagine the circumstances in which FFA would put Australia forward as a bidding nation.”
The FFA declined to provide further comment when contacted by Reuters. Australia successfully bid for and hosted the Asian Cup in January but garnered just one vote for the 2022 World Cup which was awarded to Qatar.
The bidding process for 2022 is among a number of World Cups under investigation by US and Swiss authorities for bribery allegations.
National police are probing Australia's 2022 bid which was criticized by FIFA's own ethics committee last year in a summary of a major investigation into all bidders for the tournament and the 2018 finals awarded to Russia.
Local lawmaker Nick Xenophon has also called for a parliamentary inquiry into Australia's bid. FFA president Frank Lowy has been under pressure from local media to step down until Australia's bid is cleared but insists the country's bid was clean.
Australia's sports minister Sussan Ley said last week the government could not consider committing public money toward any future bid overseen by FIFA until major reform of the governance of global soccer. — Agencies


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