In the preview of the 75th FIFA Congress, which will be held this Thursday in the city of Luque, Paraguay, a high-impact complaint emerged involving an important figure from CONMEBOL.
The person named in the complaint submitted to the FIFA Ethics Committee is none other than the host of the event: the Paraguayan Alejandro Domínguez, current president of the South American entity.
The accusations against Alejandro Domínguez
According to DiarioAR, the complaint was submitted anonymously and targets Domínguez for alleged irregular financial maneuvers and links with offshore structures located in the United Arab Emirates and Singapore.
The document focuses its accusations on payment triangulations, the use of trust structures, and operations with tax havens. In this context, a formal investigation into the head of CONMEBOL is requested, and even the possibility of "a preventive suspension" is suggested if irregularities are proven.
Domínguez habría triangulado dinero en bancos de Emiratos Árabes y Singapur
The presentation directly mentions Standard Chartered Bank, Noo Bank (based in Dubai), and United Overseas Bank (Singapore), as entities that allegedly received transfers and deposits related to Domínguez.
Additionally, the complaint warns of a "growing institutional rapprochement between CONMEBOL and certain actors from the Arab world in recent years", and adds that "the hypothesis that these relationships have been functional to a parallel financial architecture can't be ruled out", according to the document accessed by elDiarioAR.
The precedent of FIFA Gate and reforms in CONMEBOL
The accusation inevitably recalls the FIFA Gate scandal, one of the largest corruption cases in the history of soccer, which erupted in 2015 following an investigation by the United States Department of Justice.
El FIFA Gate fue el mayor escándalo de corrupción de la historia del fútbol
That case uncovered a network of bribes, fraud, and money laundering that implicated top FIFA officials, various confederations, and businessmen linked to the soccer business.
Starting in 2016, in response to the scandal, CONMEBOL implemented a series of reforms to modernize its operations, increase the competitiveness of its tournaments, and promote the development of soccer. Among the measures adopted are new transparency policies and the implementation of international public tenders.
