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04
May
2022
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Gabon International

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.

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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Topics
  • FIFA
  • Disciplinary disputes
Keywords
  • FIFA Ethics Committee
  • Governance
  • Sexual abuse
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