The ISL case will be re-evaluated by a FIFA committee.
The team will review the documents released by the Swiss Justice Department together with the entity's ethics committee, which has just undergone reforms; allegations point to bribery payments to Teixeira and Havelange.
247 FIFA has created a committee to re-evaluate the documents released by the Swiss authorities. Released last week, the report concerns an investigation dating back to 1990 against the organization, which identified cases of corruption and bribery among its board members. The Federation has appointed Michael Garcia to head the team.
The new investigation will assess whether the payments made by the defunct sports marketing company ISL to João Havelange and Ricardo Teixeira, former presidents of the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation), were legal. The multimillion-dollar sums are related to sales of commercial rights for World Cups that occurred around the time the documents are dated.
In the documents, the amounts were presented as "commission." FIFA president Joseph Blatter – then the organization's secretary-general – even said last Sunday that he knew about the payments and stated that bribery, for some cultures, was normal and even part of income.
FIFA recently underwent reforms to its Ethics Committee, which will oversee the investigations alongside Michael Garcia, who will have the right to analyze the ethical and moral aspects of the controversial case.