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Born in Trinidad and Tobago · Nationality Trinidadian — Sports governance / corruption / extradition / commercial rights
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “2025: Trinidad and Tobago High Court definitively blocks extradition” and “2022: Privy Council dismisses challenge to extradition framework”.
Profile No. 2492 · Updated on 13 October 2026
§ Legal statuses reflect the documented sources as of the date shown; they replace neither court decisions nor the presumption of innocence. Counts are not a rating. Methodology
Case · 6 documented stages
23 September 2025
A Trinidad and Tobago court ruled that Warner would not be extradited to the United States in these proceedings because of due process failures affecting the handling of the case.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
2010–2011; allégation publiée en 2020
The third superseding indictment alleged that Warner had been promised and subsequently received approximately $5 million through more than two dozen transfers from offshore companies in exchange for his vote in favour of Russia hosting the 2018 World Cup.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
27 May 2015
Warner was indicted in the United States alongside other officials in a major case concerning racketeering, fraud, money laundering and corruption involving commercial rights and international football competitions.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
27 May–21 September 2015
Following a provisional warrant, Warner reported to police, was released on bail of 2.5 million Trinidad and Tobago dollars and was subsequently the subject of a US extradition request. The Authority to Proceed covered 29 alleged offences involving fraud, corruption and money laundering over approximately thirty years.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
2008–2011
US prosecutors described a $10 million transfer publicly presented as intended to support the African diaspora in the Caribbean but which, according to prosecutors, was a payment intended for Warner and other officials in return for supporting South Africa for 2010.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
1998; allégation formalisée dans les procédures américaines
US prosecutors alleged that Warner had solicited and obtained benefits linked to the bidding process for the 1998 World Cup, including an offer from the Moroccan bid.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
17 November 2022
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council dismissed Warner's challenge to several aspects of the legal framework and procedure that had led to the 2015 Authority to Proceed.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
25–29 September 2015
FIFA's Ethics Committee adjudicatory chamber banned Warner for life, finding that he had been a key participant in schemes involving undeclared or illegal payments and other mechanisms for personal enrichment.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
April 2013
CONCACAF's integrity committee stated that Warner had failed to properly disclose that the Centre of Excellence, financed to the tune of approximately $25.9 million, had been built on land linked to his companies and that CONCACAF ultimately did not own the asset.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
10–11 May 2011
A Caribbean Football Union document obtained by the BBC claimed that Warner had supplied a suitcase containing envelopes of cash intended for Caribbean officials at a meeting promoting Mohamed bin Hammam's candidacy for the FIFA presidency.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
29 May–20 June 2011
Warner was provisionally suspended during the investigation into the CFU payments, then resigned from his international football positions. FIFA subsequently announced the closure of the ethics proceedings against him while maintaining the presumption of innocence.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
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