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Gianni Infantino<\/strong><\/p>\n

Criminal proceedings against FIFA president Gianni Infantino over his dealings with former Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber have been closed, Swiss prosecutors said yesterday, a decision Infantino hailed as a vindication of \u201cthe new FIFA.\u201d<\/p>\n

Infantino was elected in 2016 to clean up football\u2019s world governing body, FIFA, after it became embroiled in corruption scandals.<\/p>\n

However, Swiss authorities launched proceedings against Infantino himself in 2020 on suspicions of secrecy violations, abuse of office and aiding and abetting related to meetings he held with Lauber.<\/p>\n

In ending the proceedings, prosecutors said their investigations had \u201cinvalidated\u201d such suspicions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a full and clear victory for me, for the new FIFA and for justice,\u201d Infantino said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndeed and with no surprise, the investigation fully and clearly confirms that I have always acted in a lawful and correct way, always defending exclusively the interests of FIFA and football.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swiss authorities had been investigating contacts between Infantino and Lauber, who resigned as Swiss attorney general after a court concluded he covered up a meeting with the FIFA boss and lied to supervisors while his office investigated corruption at the football body.<\/p>\n

The prosecutors said that their investigation had turned up no evidence that Infantino had \u201cinstrumentalised\u201d the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland \u201cinto unusual, inexplicable, erroneous or even criminal acts or omissions.\u201d<\/p>\n

FIFA said they had noted the decision to close the proceedings \u201cwith extreme satisfaction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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