Swiss investigators were uninvited guests at IHF HQ

According to the Swiss news site, Online Reports, on Wednesday Swiss authorities raided and searched the Basel offices of the International Handball Federation (IHF) and the private residence of IHF President Hassan Moustafa.   According to the Swiss report, the investigation is related to payments that President Moustafa allegedly received in exchange for the awarding of World Championship TV rights.

Editor’s note:  The allegations of this conflict of interest were previously addressed in January of last year in a commentary by Christer Ahl.

Online Reports (German): http://www.onlinereports.ch/News.99+M5e629327211.0.html

THN (28 Jan 2010): Conflict of Interest – or worse !?: http://teamhandballnews.com/2010/01/conflict-of-interest-%E2%80%93-or-worse/