As the 2026 FIFA World Cup approaches, The New York Times reports that millions of dollars recovered during the landmark FIFA corruption scandal may have gone missing — again. The investigation centers on Conmebol, the South American soccer federation led by president Alejandro Dominguez, and raises serious questions about financial oversight in the organization that was supposed to have reformed itself after the sweeping US-led prosecutions of 2015.
The timing is particularly embarrassing, with the World Cup set to kick off in North America and public trust in FIFA’s governance already fragile. The story serves as a stark reminder that the structural corruption exposed a decade ago may never have been fully rooted out.
