In December 2021, FIFA started investigating alleged rumors of widespread sexual abuse in Gabonese football. Accordingly, the FIFA independent Ethics Committee was charged with...
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04
May
2022
FIFA Opens Formal Proceedings against Gabonese Football Officials in Sexual Abuse Case
On 3 May 2022, the FIFA independent Ethics Committee announced that it had opened formal proceedings against four Gabonese football officials in the context of repeated sexual abuses affecting footballers in the country.