Jack Warner has lost his appeal against extradition to the US ©Getty Images

Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner can be extradited from Trinidad and Tobago to face criminal charges in the United States, the Privy Council has ruled.

Warner, who led the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) for more than two decades, has been charged with racketeering and bribery offences by the US Department of Justice (DoJ).

Warner challenged his extradition at the London-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which for many Commonwealth countries is the highest court of appeal.

That was after, in 2019, a court in Trinidad dismissed his claim that the extradition was unlawful.

Warner was indicted in 2015 as part of a group the DoJ said committed "a 24-year scheme to enrich themselves through the corruption of international soccer".

It related to both vote-buying and an illicit kickback scheme involving FIFA and CONCACAF media and marketing rights.

Jack Warner was a key figure in the corruption scandal which brought down former FIFA President Sepp Blatter ©Getty Images
Jack Warner was a key figure in the corruption scandal which brought down former FIFA President Sepp Blatter ©Getty Images

In 2020, court documents detailed evidence the DoJ has indicating Warner received $5 million ($4.2 million/€4.8 million) to vote for Russia to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Several other defendants in the case have subsequently been given prison sentences or died before trial.

Warner's sons Daryll and Daryan both pleaded guilty to charges including wire fraud.

Warner, now 79, was banned from all football-related activity for life by FIFA in 2015.

He has consistently denied wrongdoing.

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