1/ Let‘s talk about the president of (@iocmedia) and former Stasi actor Thomas Bach. After that you will compare the situation to „appointing Kadyrov to the position as president of EZB“. #NAFO #Ukraine #USA #Russian #Russia 
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2/ The report that Erich Honecker received on his desk on 25 August 1986 was stamped "strictly confidential". It dealt with a man of whom the Chairman of the Council of State had until then always had a high opinion. Juan Antonio Samaranch, the seven-page paper said, was ...
3/ running the International Olympic Committee (IOC) "like a stockbroker". He only gathers people around him who "have money and power". Together, this clique tries to "exploit all the opportunities offered by sport to increase their influence with the help of money"…
4/ Honecker would hardly have paid much attention to the verdict had it not been for the fact that a proven friend of the East served as a source for the dossier: Krupp supervisory board member Berthold Beitz, who was also vice-president of the IOC…
5/ Beitz travelled to East Berlin and complained to the highest sports officials in the GDR about Samaranch's management style. The business leader is said to have complained about the Olympian's striving for power and profit, but he was particularly disturbed by the Spaniard's..
6/ financial management. Samaranch, Beitz scolded, would "high-handedly decide on large sums of money without asking the Finance Commission, of which he was a member". Because, as Samaranch's deputy, he could "no longer take responsibility for this financial policy", Beitz…
7/ made an unusual move at a time of tense German-German sports politics: he demanded support from the GDR officials for a planned fight against the IOC President. Beitz considered the open attack, so frowned upon in the Olympic world, necessary, since someone like Samaranch …
8/ „only backs down when he realises that other forces are opposing him".
Manfred Ewald, President of the National Olympic Committee of the GDR, immediately prepared a report for the Politburo. Six days later, the dossier landed on Honecker's desk - and finally in the SED…
Manfred Ewald, President of the National Olympic Committee of the GDR, immediately prepared a report for the Politburo. Six days later, the dossier landed on Honecker's desk - and finally in the SED…
9/ Central Archives, where it has now been discovered. Why Beitz's attempt failed is not recorded in the files. It can only be assumed that the Krupp man was less proficient in sporting secret diplomacy than his functionary colleagues. In SED files and documents of the…
10/ Ministry for State Security there are reports of protection, favours and bribery of the highest sports bodies in the world.
And here we Thomas Bach enters the game.
In addition to Adidas tycoon Horst Dassler, the current German IOC member, lawyer and Samaranch pupil…
And here we Thomas Bach enters the game.
In addition to Adidas tycoon Horst Dassler, the current German IOC member, lawyer and Samaranch pupil…
11/ Thomas Bach, is also said to have been involved in mouse-feeding. Bach was one of the directors at Adidas at the time. If what the unofficial MfS employee "Möwe" meticulously recorded is true, the Olympic fencing champion from Tauberbischofsheim, who is to be elected to…
12/ the IOC Executive Committee this week and thus to Samaranch's innermost circle, must prepare himself for unpleasant questions. According to "Möwe", Bach, who is regarded in Olympic circles as addicted to his career but unblemished, played a part in one of the most unsavory…
13/ personnel decisions of the sports establishment. In June 1985, Dassler told Karl-Heinz Wehr from East Berlin that he wanted him to be the new Secretary General of the International Amateur Boxing Association (Aiba). The sports shoe manufacturer from Herzogenaurach, who due..
13/ to the financial power of his company had a decisive say in filling leadership positions, needed a man from the socialist camp who would bring enough votes to elect a president he liked: Dassler desperately wanted to see an employee of the House of Adidas, Professor Anwar…
14/ Chowdhry from Pakistan, at the head of Aiba.
Indirect rule over the boxing federation was immensely important to Dassler. He and previously his father Adi had dominated world sport for decades, and he had also supported Samaranch's election as IOC president. But the…
Indirect rule over the boxing federation was immensely important to Dassler. He and previously his father Adi had dominated world sport for decades, and he had also supported Samaranch's election as IOC president. But the…
15/ headstrong Catalan increasingly distanced himself from his patron. The influence on the professional associations was supposed to keep Adidas in power, for which he even wanted to open "the treasury of the company". What Dassler did not know: "Seagull" Wehr noted down every..
16/ dodge and reported it to the Stasi. In order to oust the previous incumbent, the American officer Donald F. Hull, from office and to prevent a candidate from France from gaining a foothold, Dassler felt that the decision on the venue was important: it absolutely had to be…
17/ Bangkok. Before the Aiba voted on the venue, according to Wehr, "a hitherto almost unique act of influencing the election was pulled off ... by organising all-embracing cultural support (night bar, massage, individual support), an election result of 24 : 11 votes was
18/ concocted". At the same time, "Möwe" reported, Dassler had internally fed the editor of the industry service Sport with material about the leadership deficits of the incumbent Hull in order to "start the campaign against Hull".
Dassler invited them to a strategy meeting in..
Dassler invited them to a strategy meeting in..
19/ Lucerne on 24 July 1986. Right at the beginning of the eight-hour conversation, Dassler briefed the eight people present, including six Adidas employees, among them, according to "Möwe",also Bach, that it was a "duty for you to win in Bangkok".
20/ Then the roundtable devoted itself with particular devotion to the question of how to "keep the delegates busy in Bangkok". The main burden of this task was to be borne by the Adidas "continental representatives". Bach today "cannot remember" having attended such meetings…
21/ But one thing he knows for sure: "Election interference has never been discussed in my presence, nor have I ever participated in such actions." Wehr, whom Bach wants to "confront" in Atlanta, was quite enthusiastic that the Adidas people "obviously know their way around…
22/ such election issues". The Bangkok meeting was a joyous occasion. A total of 37 delegates travelled to Bangkok at Adidas' expense. The sporting goods manufacturers pampered the officials, as Wehr later noted in his handwriting, by paying for "hotel costs, costs for bar
23/ visits and for massage institutes as well as cash allowances". Wehr estimated that Adidas had paid around 200,000 marks for Chowdhry to be elected with 6 3 : 32 votes. After the lavish election party, Wehr even worried about the mental life of the interpreter who…
24/ accompanied him. She was "naturally a little shocked at the way the congress was run and at the fringe events". Another meeting in Paris in January 1987, attended by Dassler and Chowdhry as well as Bach, finally opened Wehr's eyes to the power of his interlocutors…
25/ "The ruler of international sport today is not Samaranch," wrote the Stasi informer, "but Dassler." The only thing the Berliner disliked was that he would have to work even more closely with Chowdhry from now on. The Pakistani was "an absolute pig in terms of character,…
26/ insincere, devious and sly". The fact that the Wehr/Chowdhry pair still share the leadership of the Aiba is one of the mysteries of international officialdom. After the sudden death of Horst Dassler in April 1987, the Adidas "sports policy group" initially believed that…
27/ Samaranch would also fall into a power vacuum. After discussions with Bach, Chowdhry and two other Adidas employees, Wehr returned home with the realisation that the IOC President had "lost both power and money". It was openly admitted that Dassler had in principle led…
28/ Samaranch".
Not long after, the Adidas people had to admit their mistake. Samaranch, who Dassler had once believed would "fail because of his coldness", had even gained power because "he can no longer be restrained in his authoritarian striving".
The alerter Bach quickly…
Not long after, the Adidas people had to admit their mistake. Samaranch, who Dassler had once believed would "fail because of his coldness", had even gained power because "he can no longer be restrained in his authoritarian striving".
The alerter Bach quickly…
29/ changed sides: He left the sporting goods group at the end of 1987. Samaranch first brought him into the IOC and now ran Bach's election to the closest circle of advisors.
Election to the highest body in world sport, however, hardly means greater influence. In the strictly…
Election to the highest body in world sport, however, hardly means greater influence. In the strictly…
30/ shielded meetings, Samaranch continues to practice the kind of naughtiness that already upset Bach's predecessor Beitz ten years ago. The IOC chief sometimes rudely runs his mouth over all those who do not "submit to his views"…
01/ Ten years ago, Thomas Bach was President of the German Sports Confederation and Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). But what no one knew until now: at the same time he was a consultant for Ferrostaal and MAN. For an annual salary of 125,000 euros,..
02/ plus profit-sharing. The current IOC President Thomas Bach was on the payroll of the industrial group Ferrostaal from 2005 onwards. According to the consultancy contract obtained by the research centre CORRECTIV, Bach collected 125,000 euros a year for opening doors…
03/ internationally for Ferrostaal. At the time he exercised the consultancy contract with Ferrostaal, Bach was IOC Vice-President and President of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB).
The contract states that Bach's duties included "establishing contacts and, if…
The contract states that Bach's duties included "establishing contacts and, if…
04/ necessary, participating in negotiations with governments, authorities, associations as well as companies". In addition to his minimum fee of 125,000 euros per year for a maximum of 20 working days, the sports official was promised an additional lump sum of 5000 euros per..
05/day for trips abroad. Ferrostaal was the gateway to the world for many companies in the old Federal Republic. The company did not manufacture anything itself, but procured orders abroad for German companies, took care of the financing of deals and, as a general contractor,…
06/ handled major projects such as the construction of power plants in many countries.
In many of these transactions, bribes were paid. In the 2000s, for example, Ferrostaal bribed officials in Greece and Portugal to support the sale of Thyssen-Krupp submarines. In 2011, the…
In many of these transactions, bribes were paid. In the 2000s, for example, Ferrostaal bribed officials in Greece and Portugal to support the sale of Thyssen-Krupp submarines. In 2011, the…
07/ Munich Regional Court sentenced Ferrostaal to pay around 140 million euros in fines. The company was also active in the armaments sector. It is surprising that Bach was active for this company of all companies. If only because the arms deals hardly fit in with the Olympic..
08/ idea of international understanding.
No answers
Bach's contract with Ferrostaal from 2005 to 2009, which has now become public, is not the first such engagement of the sports official. Bach has always moved in a grey area of sports business, politics and economics. His…
No answers
Bach's contract with Ferrostaal from 2005 to 2009, which has now become public, is not the first such engagement of the sports official. Bach has always moved in a grey area of sports business, politics and economics. His…
09/ contacts as a member of the FDP and a high-ranking sports official often enough got him seats in government planes, he was allowed to accompany chancellors, ministers and federal presidents on foreign trips. As early as 1999, a consultancy contract with the Philipp…
10/ Holzmann construction group became known, for which Bach was paid 250,000 marks a year at the time. In 2008, it finally became known that Bach had a consulting contract with Siemens AG. In 2008, Siemens was also fined more than one billion euros in Germany and the USA for…
11/ soliciting contracts with the help of bribes. The contract Bach signed with Siemens secured him income of 400,000 euros per year at last count. After the media published details in 2008, Siemens let the contract expire. The company makes billions in revenue from the Olympic..
12/ Games and other major sporting events. Bach himself declined to answer questions from CORRECTIV about his involvement with Ferrostaal and the consultancy contract. However, he commissioned a press lawyer, who sent a letter, from which, however, it is not permitted to quote,..
13/ as the press lawyer emphasises.
The Ferrostaal group stated on request that there was "no reason to comment on their questions". The DOSB felt unable to answer questions such as whether Bach had reported the activity for Ferrostaal at the time.
As President of the…
The Ferrostaal group stated on request that there was "no reason to comment on their questions". The DOSB felt unable to answer questions such as whether Bach had reported the activity for Ferrostaal at the time.
As President of the…
14/ International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach is one of the most powerful sports officials in the world. The IOC is now a billion-dollar corporation that enjoys numerous privileges in Switzerland. IOC members decide on the awarding of the Olympic Games and, for that…
15/ reason alone, hold talks with government representatives all over the world. As an IOC Executive Board member and head of several review commissions for Olympic applicants, many doors opened for Bach early on. IOC members have always included heads of corporations,…
16/ ministers, members of the high nobility, presidents of states, emirs, billionaires and businessmen from all continents. They are all highly interesting for the German economy. Silver-plated contacts
Bach is a lawyer. But he probably has his contacts with heads of government
Bach is a lawyer. But he probably has his contacts with heads of government
17/ and business leaders largely because of his sporting posts. The possible conflict of interest now lies in the fact that he has had these contacts privately silvered with the help of consultancy contracts.
The IOC Code of Ethics is vague on this point. Basically, it is up to
The IOC Code of Ethics is vague on this point. Basically, it is up to
18/ the IOC members themselves to declare conflicts of interest. In contrast to other institutions, including the world football association FIFA, the IOC Ethics Commission hardly acts independently. The secretary of the commission states on request that Bach has always…
19/ followed the IOC rules. Detailed questions about Ferrostaal and other companies were not answered. This taciturnity has a long tradition: Bach's lawyers and law firm colleagues were already happy to answer detailed lists of questions with threatening legal gestures years…
20/ ago.
There is much to suggest that Bach's contacts in the Arab world were of particular interest to Siemens and Ferrostaal. The Ferrostaal file with the Bach contract contains as its last page a media report from 15 June 2005: Thomas Bach was elected president of the…
There is much to suggest that Bach's contacts in the Arab world were of particular interest to Siemens and Ferrostaal. The Ferrostaal file with the Bach contract contains as its last page a media report from 15 June 2005: Thomas Bach was elected president of the…
21/ Arab-German business network Ghorfa. Less than two weeks later he put his signature to the Ferrostaal contract.
Web of favours
As early as the mid-1980s, Bach had worked at the side of Horst Dassler, then head of Adidas, who created a tightly woven network of favours in..
Web of favours
As early as the mid-1980s, Bach had worked at the side of Horst Dassler, then head of Adidas, who created a tightly woven network of favours in..
22/ world Olympic sport. Dassler, to whom Bach served as a kind of adlatus from 1985 to 1987, decided which officials reached top positions at the IOC and numerous world sports federations, which companies received lucrative marketing contracts and which countries and cities..
23/ were awarded major events such as the Olympic Games or the World Cup. In order to buy such decisions, Dassler maintained the agency ISL/ISMM. There is legal evidence of bribes paid by ISL to the highest officials from 1989 to 2001 amounting to 142 million Swiss francs…
24/ For years, Thomas Bach has defended himself by saying that he never had any knowledge of improper dealings, neither at Adidas nor at Siemens. He has always made a clear distinction between honorary posts and his professional activities as a lobbyist, lawyer and consultant…
25/ Conflicts of interest? Bach once coined the phrase "multiple life circumstances".
The Ferrostaal contract documents why the sports official was of interest to corporations. Section 1 states that Bach would "provide the following consulting services worldwide for the…
The Ferrostaal contract documents why the sports official was of interest to corporations. Section 1 states that Bach would "provide the following consulting services worldwide for the…
26/ company and the companies of the MAN Group ("affiliated companies")". In addition to establishing contacts with governments, authorities, associations and companies, these included "establishing contacts to support problem-solving in (international) location decisions" as
27/ well as "establishing contacts in economic policy issues". An extensive portfolio
Bach was not only to act in an advisory capacity, however, but also as a commercial agent for Ferrostaal and the parent company at the time, MAN. Annex 1b to the contract lists more than 70…
Bach was not only to act in an advisory capacity, however, but also as a commercial agent for Ferrostaal and the parent company at the time, MAN. Annex 1b to the contract lists more than 70…
28/ "consolidated companies of the MAN Group" in several dozen countries whose products Bach was ultimately to sell - from MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG (Munich), MAN Ferrostaal AG (Essen), Intermesa Trading Ltda. in Rio de Janeiro and MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG (Offenbach) to…
29/ Schwäbische Hüttenwerke in Wasseralfingen, Baden-Württemberg. Bach was able to draw from an extensive product portfolio. This included buses, trucks, engines, printing machines, diesel power plants, gas turbines. Thomas Bach was able to sell all of these. According to the…
30/ agreement made in the contract, the sports official was also to receive a share in sales as a 'special bonus' for successful sales worth more than 29 million euros. However, as his lawyer informed us after the publication of this article, no such bonus was paid. …
31/ What is piquant is that Ferrostaal also sold warships in those years, together with the steel and arms company ThyssenKrupp, which manufactured the submarines and frigates at its shipyards. The armaments company Fritz Werner was also part of Ferrostaal's portfolio…
32/ Bach has always maintained contacts in the Arab world, and not only as Ghorfa President. Qatar's Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani was admitted to the IOC as Crown Prince in 2002. The former OPEC Secretary General Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah from Kuwait, who is involved in…
33/ numerous scandals, has always been one of Bach's most important allies.
"Discussed confidentially"
As a Siemens lobbyist, Bach, according to his own email, lobbied the then energy minister Sheikh Ahmad in early 2005, shortly before he signed the Ferrostaal contract, to…
"Discussed confidentially"
As a Siemens lobbyist, Bach, according to his own email, lobbied the then energy minister Sheikh Ahmad in early 2005, shortly before he signed the Ferrostaal contract, to…
34/ win Kuwait over as a major shareholder for Siemens. Der Spiegel" quoted from emails from Bach to Siemens board member Rudi Lamprecht. On 9 March 2005, Bach wrote that he had "discussed the investment question again confidentially with the energy minister"…
35/ Among IOC colleagues. Bach's aides like to point to the opinion of an allegedly independent Siemens investigation, according to which the IOC official was not guilty of anything. These allegations have not yet been substantiated. Enquiries about this have always remained…
36/ unanswered.
Companies from the Siemens empire have been awarded contracts worth billions of euros for almost all Olympic Games and many other major sporting events over the past two decades. Siemens is also the largest single shareholder of the Atos group, which in turn…
Companies from the Siemens empire have been awarded contracts worth billions of euros for almost all Olympic Games and many other major sporting events over the past two decades. Siemens is also the largest single shareholder of the Atos group, which in turn…
37/ belongs to the select group of IOC sponsors and organised a large part of the IT infrastructure at all Olympic Games of this millennium and received several other large contracts. In 2013, when Bach successfully ran for the IOC presidency, such diverse "life issues" were,…
38/ for once, publicly discussed. His challenger at the time, Dennis Oswald, a lawyer and IOC member in Switzerland, railed in a radio interview that Bach was using "his position" in the IOC "to gain advantages for the companies he represents". In contrast, Oswald wanted an…
39/ "independent candidate who is not dependent on certain alliances and who does not use his position for anything other than the good of sport".
Update, inserted on 10 April: We have adjusted the seventh to last paragraph to clarify that, according to his lawyer,…
Update, inserted on 10 April: We have adjusted the seventh to last paragraph to clarify that, according to his lawyer,…
40/ Thomas Bach did not receive a special bonus from Ferrostaal.
Holy shit. Thomas Bach uses lawyers to correct journalists. After reading all that I am done with the @Interna16517616 (@iocmedia)! That’s your moral bankruptcy based on a made up „Neutrality is everything“ slogan
Holy shit. Thomas Bach uses lawyers to correct journalists. After reading all that I am done with the @Interna16517616 (@iocmedia)! That’s your moral bankruptcy based on a made up „Neutrality is everything“ slogan
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