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The former French footballer and former president of UEFA Michel Platini was arrested on Tuesday in the ongoing investigation corruption in the concession of the 2022 football world cup in Qatar, judicial sources confirmed.
Platini is in custody from 09:30 local time (07:30 GMT) in the premises of the office of the judicial police in charge of the fight against corruption in Nanterre, near Paris.
Platini, who was UEFA president from 2007 to 2015, is currently serving a four-year disqualification sentence – which expires in October – for violating the organization's code of ethics by accepting a payment in 2011. , authorized by the FIFA President of the time, Joseph Blatter, of around EUR 1.8 million for work carried out between 1998 and 2002.
In addition to who was the star of the French national team, a former adviser to former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Sophie Dion, was arrested, while the former secretary general of the French National Defense team was arrested. Elysee, Claude Gueant, made a statement under the status of "free suspect", according to the daily "Le Monde" newspaper.
In 2016, the National Finance Prosecutor opened an investigation into Allegation of corruption in the award of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, for which Platini has already testified himself in December 2017.
The investigation focuses on the November 2010 meeting between the Qatari authorities and Sarkozy and Platini at the Elysee Palace, which was also attended by Gueant and Dion. EFE
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