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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Ed Aarons and Romain Molina

Fifa legal department’s move to Miami prompts fears of major disruption

Fifa headquarters in Zurich
Fifa is moving its legal department, including the ethics committee, from Zurich to Miami this summer. Photograph: Harold Cunningham/Getty Images

Fifa’s decision to move its legal department to Miami will cause “major disruption” with almost two-thirds of staff not relocating to the US, employees at world football’s governing body have told the Guardian.

But Fifa has dismissed concerns that cases, including several involving high-profile sexual abuse allegations, will be delayed as a result of the high turnover of staff and denied there was a backlog.

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