Allegations of high-level corruption and criminal misconduct have buffeted world soccer since 2015, when several dozen soccer officials, mainly from Latin America, were indicted in the United States on corruption-related charges. The phrase 'never more', or 'nunca mas' in Spanish, has strong resonances in South America, where it was used in the 1980s by panels investigating past human rights abuses. CONMEBOL has decided that it would formally try to recoup the missing money, said Monserrat Jimenez, CONMEBOL's Legal Director. "I am convinced that CONMEBOL will recover that money and it will go to where it should always have gone, the development of football," said Dominguez. FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who was also present at the conference, said the documents proved that CONMEBOL was moving on.

Source: The Star April 26, 2017 21:33 UTC