Zurich prosecutor drops FIFA museum proceedings against Sepp Blatter

Zurich’s public prosecutor has dismissed legal proceedings initiated against former FIFA President Joseph “Sepp” Blatter, accused of criminal mismanagement of the local FIFA Museum. FIFA, world football’s Zurich-based governing body, filed a criminal complaint with the Zurich cantonal authorities in December 2020 aimed at “former management and companies appointed by them”. This includes Blatter, who spearheaded the Zurich football museum project as “a meeting place for [football’s] millions of fans”, in his own words. The complaint accused Blatter of wasting CHF500 million ($564 million) on the football museum. + FIFA files criminal complaint against Blatter over loss-making museum Swiss public radio, SRF, reported on Tuesday that proceedings against Blatter had been dismissed without charge. “The case is so clear that no other judgment was to be expected,” Blatter told the media in a statement. +‘Project Merciless’: how Qatar spied on the world of football in Switzerland...