It now turns out that FIFA has conducted its own investigation into Jack Warner's relationship with Simpaul Travel and found that he has violated their Code of Ethics.  FINALLY!!

 It is unbelievable to me that someone in Jack Warner's position could not have known that what he was doing is a conflict of interest, so it must be because of one of two reasons:

• He's a complete bumbling idiot
• He knew exactly what he was doing, and becuase we're just a small rock of a country, he figured he could get away with it.

Original Trinidad Guardian article published on Feb 17, 2006 

The Federation of International Football Associations ( Fifa) has ruled that Concacaf president Jack Warner violated its Code of Ethics through his involvement with Simpaul’s Travel Service, the local travel agency of which Warner and other members of his family are directors.

At its meeting in Zurich late Wednesday, under the chairmanship of Senes Erzik of Turkey, the Committee for Ethics and Fairplay dealt with a number of issues including Warner’s involvement with Simpaul’s.

It concluded that Warner’s association with Fifa at the executive level and his directorship at Simpaul’s was a conflict of interest with regard to ticketing for the 2006 Fifa World Cup.

The committee noted that it was Warner who had himself brought the matter to the committee’s attention, and praised the special adviser to T&T football for so doing.

However, it took no action against Warner but will have further discussion on the matter at its the Fifa Executive Committee meeting on March 16.

Warner’s agency was the subject of much publicity following T&T’s qualification for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

Initially, the agency was reported to have had exclusive rights to sell tickets which were allocated to T&T by the Fifa.

One newspaper ran a series of articles questioning the agency’s exclusive rights and alleging that the Fifa executive was about to earn substantial profits from such sales.

However, Warner later denied these accusations.

He pointed out that T&T fans were entitled to eight per cent of tickets for each match in which the Soca Warriors were playing but this was only after concessions had been made for Fifa sponsors, media and other guests of the Federation.

Warner said Simpaul’s did not have these tickets but instead had acquired what they were selling from an agency in Europe.

Later, this was confirmed when the quota allowed to T&T by Fifa was handed over to the local federation for sale and distribution.

Following a number of reports in the media, Warner asked Fifa to adjudicate on the matter.

The Concacaf boss was said to be intransit from Zurich last evening and could not be reached for comment.