cup organizing committee boss france beckenbauer received 6700000 euros from entrepreneur robert louis dreyfus back in balad and transferred this money to former qatari official mohamed bin hammam who has since been suspended for life due to corruption the central question of why bin hammam received the money is still unclear to investigators in 2005 the d.f.t. then transferred 6700000 euros defeat supposedly for the 2006 world cup kickoff gala but then transferred the money directly to louis dreyfus swiss authorities are investigating france beckenbauer in a separate case on account of his current state of health back and bauer were charged along with the others and then failed to appear it could endanger the entire case. and the clock is ticking. commuters are under time pressure there are only 8 months left under the statute of limitations it's high time charges are filed. now swiss justice has to hurry to reach a verdict or the fraud charges will have to be dropped. next we have an idea of what this 6700000 was used for well it's still unclear but the main suspicion is that it was used to

robert louis dreyfus who has since died but at the time was the added a c. so you know this wild transfer of money that and prosecutors they think this money initially was also a payment for a loan they say even further back in 2002 payments made to a qatari company and it's suspected back in 2015 dish legal was already reporting this a german magazine that it was used to buy at least 4 votes from asian federations buying votes in the world cup how much of a problem is that and how much is a problem for germany right well several world cup bids have been investigated including the upcoming next world cup the qatar weld cup germany's welcome to the 6 was seen as a very different story you know a very run of the mill awarding and no corruption to be seen but this is dating back since 2015 german prosecutors have been trying to bring cases against at least 3 if not all 4 of these german members here and as we heard that the clock is ticking on the statute of limitations there are now many many people thinking that this will finally bring closure to what we thou

that legibly used to repay money for on spec and had borrowed from auditors chairman robert louis by force. louis dreyfus allegedly transferred the same sum in 2002 to disgraced qatari fee for official mohamed bin hammam swiss prosecutors said the exact purpose of the payments to bin hammam could not be determined the d.f.t. had declared it as partial funding for a world cup god that never took place these indictments were late in coming. to the killers are under time pressure on their own the 8 months left under the statute of limitations it's high time charges are filed. now swiss justice has to hurry to reach a verdict or the fraud charges will be dropped. so are they maintain their innocence and what more do we know about the indictments well they certainly are and they really come out swinging today in particular further to the campaign as being wretched and malicious also called the investigators incompetent a litany of other insults that he cast around. as well referred to the investigation as being unspeakable and so that the accusations against him will prove to be on found it now is worth menti