Caribbean Football Union corruption scandal staff, and the investigation of over 30 national football association officials. It was a sensitive time for FIFA, who had been criticised in the European press for their handling of corruption accusations, which extended to FIFA President Sepp Blatter. The Nigeria Football Federation and West African Football Union leader Amos Adamu and the Oceania Football Confederation and Tahitian Football Federation President Reynald Temarii had been banned from football for requesting payments in kind in the run-up to the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting bid vote. A BBC episode of Panorama had been featured showing various FIFA officials refusing to
FIFA Ethics Committee fight against corruption" and that "meant the de facto end of Fifa's reform efforts". Football officials banned by FIFA Ethics Committee include: FIFA Ethics Committee The FIFA Ethics Committee is one of FIFA's three judicial bodies. It is organized in two chambers, the "Investigatory Chamber" and the "Adjudicatory Chamber". Its duties are regulated by several official documents, most importantly the "FIFA Code of Ethics". FIFA's other judicial bodies are the "Disciplinary Committee" and the "Appeal Committee". The Investigatory Chamber's main task is to investigate potential violations of the "FIFA Code of Ethics". Investigations can be carried out at any time,