International Sport and Leisure
The 1982von Horst Dassler founded International Sport and Leisure (ISL ) was domiciled in Switzerland marketing company that fell into bankruptcy in May 2001. She was in the sports rights trading, providing the most important business partner of FIFA for football rights. In subsequent criminal proceedings was noted criminal court that ISL had paid in the period 1989-1999 a total of 138 million Swiss francs bribes to various sports officials.
History of the company
The ISL was founded as a joint stock company by the former co-owner Horst Dassler Adidas as letterbox company in Sarnen. Later, the ISL moved to Lucerne; from 2001 they had their headquarters in train, a Swiss tax haven. There were several ISL companies (eg ISL ISL Worldwide or marketing). In 2000, the ISL became a 90 % subsidiary of the holding ISSM (International Sports Media & Marketing ) previously ROFA and then later Sporis was called.
The ISL acquired by international sports federations event rights and gave them to sponsors, TV stations or licensees. Your first order they received from FIFA for the Soccer World Cup 1986 in Mexico. Within a few years it became the world's largest companies for the marketing of international sporting events. The client list of ISL included in the 1990 addition of FIFA, the International Olympic Committee (IOC ), the World Associations in Athletics ( IAAF), Swimming ( Fina ) and the Tennis ATP organization.
In 1998, the ISL secured for a total of 1.4 billion Swiss francs worldwide ( except Europe and USA) marketing rights to the FIFA World Cups in 2002 and 2006 in South Korea, Japan and Germany.
The ISL / ISMM holding company made huge losses in 2000. On 21 May 2001 she was forced to declare bankruptcy. The creditor complained of a loss of 4 billion francs. Of these, the Liquidator approved a billion.
Criminal proceedings against former manager
Against the former Vice President of the ISL and five managers stood train prosecutors in 2007 accused, whether crimes such as embezzlement, fraud, fraudulent bankruptcy, creditors injury met by asset impairment and fraudulently obtaining a false certificate. The sums involved amounted to CHF 100 million. In March 2008 began a process before the Criminal Court of the Canton train. It was about bribes to sports officials, including the broadcasting rights for the World Cup in 2002 and 2006 on. The Vice-President Jean -Marie Weber remained silent during the trial and was sentenced with two other defendants to pay a fine, the other three managers were acquitted.
Criminal proceedings against persons unknown for dishonest management
Another investigation by the prosecutor train in this context to remain anonymous FIFA officials was set in June 2010 against payment of 5.5 million Swiss francs. In November 2010 further corruption allegations against three members of the FIFA Executive Committee, according to Ricardo Teixeira, Issa Hayatou and Nicolas Leoz. You should have received over the years bribes from the ISL. From setting available, which was announced in July 2012 compared to the resistance of two FIFA officials who subjected it up before the Swiss Federal Court, it appears that FIFA President Joseph Blatter should have known about the bribes. Accordingly, Ricardo Teixeira accepted payments of over 12 million Swiss francs, the former FIFA President Joao Havelange received at least 1.5 million Swiss francs.