FIFA bans former Guyana official Alves for 5 years over sexual harassment

Former General Secretary Ian Alves recovered blameworthy of sexually harassing pistillate unit ​members by FIFA’s Ethics Committee.

FIFA’s ‌independent Ethics Committee has banned erstwhile ⁠Guyana Football ⁠Federation (GFF) General Secretary Ian Alves from each football-related activities for 5 years aft ⁠finding helium sexually harassed pistillate unit members.

FIFA besides fined Alves 20,000 Swiss francs ($25,500) ⁠after determining that helium had breached provisions of the FIFA Code of Ethics relating to the extortion of carnal and intelligence integrity, ‌abuse of presumption and wide duties.

“FIFA has a strict stance against each forms of maltreatment successful football,” the sport’s planetary governing assemblage said connected Monday.

The determination followed a reappraisal of written statements from the victims, documents provided ⁠by the GFF, submissions from ⁠Alves, and different grounds gathered during the investigation.

Alves stepped down from his presumption successful 2024.

The prohibition came into ⁠force connected Monday, erstwhile Alves was notified of the presumption of the decision, and ⁠the afloat grounds for the ruling volition beryllium communicated wrong 60 days successful accordance with the Code of ‌Ethics, FIFA added.