‘The man who bought London’: Qatar billionaire behind Prince Charles scandal
Former PM of Qatar was one of Time’s ‘most influential people’ and named in both Panama and Pandora Papers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/26/the-man-who-bought-london-qatar-billionaire-behind-prince-charles-scandal
World Cup 2022 in Qatar: New bribe and corruption claims from US prosecutors
FIFA to seek further information from the United States Department of Justice regarding allegations of bribery in relation to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups
Tuesday 7 April 2020 20:48, UK
Prosecutors have tabled fresh allegations of bribes being paid to FIFA executive committee members to vote for Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup.
An indictment unsealed on Monday in a US District Court in Brooklyn alleges Nicolas Leoz, the then president of South American football's governing body CONMEBOL, and former Brazil federation president Ricardo Teixeira accepted bribes to vote for the Gulf state at FIFA's executive committee meeting in 2010.
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12098/11969691/world-cup-2022-in-qatar-new-bribe-and-corruption-claims-from-us-prosecutors
June 23, 2022
Deadly Games: The Labour Casualties of Qatar’s World Cup
by Binoy Kampmark
A sordid enterprise, nasty, crude and needless. But the World Cup 2022 will be, should anyone bother watching it, stained by one of the highest casualty rates amongst workers in its history, marked by corruption and stained by a pharisee quality. The sportswashers, cleaning agent at the ready, will be out in force, and the hypocrites dressed to the nines.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/06/23/deadly-games-the-labour-casualties-of-qatars-world-cup/
Qatar Corruption Report
Last updated: September 2020
Snapshot
Corruption in Qatar is relatively low and is among the lowest in the Middle East and North African region. Despite that petty corruption is almost non-existent in all sector, patronage networks and clientelism are institutionalized, particularly in public procurement. The use of influential middlemen – known as ‘wasta’, and gift-giving play a major role in the business culture of Qatar. The Penal Code No. 11/2004 is Qatar’s primary piece of corruption-related legislation. Anti-corruption laws are effectively enforced, and the country has substantial penalties for corrupt practices. Notwithstanding, the ruling family bypass laws with impunity and high-ranking officials are rarely prosecuted for corruption acts. The likelihood of encountering demands for facilitation payments is low, nonetheless, companies should be aware that facilitation payments are illegal under Qatari laws.
https://www.ganintegrity.com/portal/country-profiles/qatar/