{"id":11265,"date":"2025-01-24T10:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T10:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=11265"},"modified":"2025-01-24T10:19:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T10:19:01","slug":"caf-secretary-general-veron-mosengo-omba-cleared-of-wrongdoing-by-swiss-prosecutor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=11265","title":{"rendered":"CAF Secretary General Veron Mosengo-Omba Cleared of Wrongdoing by Swiss Prosecutor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/01\/veron.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/01\/veron.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/01\/veron-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/01\/veron-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced that its General Secretary, Veron Mosengo-Omba, will not face legal action following an investigation by the Swiss Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office into payments made to bank accounts in Switzerland.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mosengo-Omba, who holds dual citizenship in DR Congo and Switzerland, denied any misconduct and voluntarily met with the prosecutor in Fribourg in November 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He clarified that the payments in question were related to &#8220;remuneration and bonus&#8221; received from CAF since his appointment in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He maintained that these transactions were made in &#8220;full transparency&#8221; and &#8220;full compliance with CAF statutes.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Swiss Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office has since concluded its preliminary investigation, finding no grounds to pursue the matter further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CAF welcomed the decision, emphasizing its ongoing commitment to ethics, transparency, and governance under the leadership of President Patrice Motsepe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mosengo-Omba, who was appointed following Motsepe\u2019s election, has previously spoken about efforts to address governance issues within CAF, describing the organization as &#8220;toxic&#8221; before their administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CAF reiterated its dedication to improving integrity within African football, expressing satisfaction with the decision and reaffirming its focus on maintaining a culture of accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Swiss Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office has yet to comment on the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced that its General Secretary, Veron Mosengo-Omba, will not face legal action following an investigation by the Swiss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11267,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11265\/revisions\/11267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}