Journalists are reflected in the FIFA logo as they wait for a news conference after a meeting of the FIFA executive committee in Zurich March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
LONDON/ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - A global group of government anti-money-laundering agencies said that financial institutions have not done enough to police suspicious financial activity by officials at football's global governing body FIFA, and cautioned banks to step up scrutiny.
The warning from the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force came in the wake of last month's indictment by the United States of nine current and former FIFA officials and five business executives on a series of corruption charges, including bribery, money laundering and wire fraud.
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