Fifa request to give Gianni Infantino ‘Pope-level’ treatment rejected by Vancouver

Police in Vancouver rejected a request from Fifa to provide president Gianni Infantino with a level-four motorcade escort, the sort of security arrangements usually reserved for heads of state and figures like the Pope.

Fifa’s annual congress takes place in Vancouver this week and Global BC reported football’s governing body asked for its president to be given a full motorcade escort through the city, allowing his convoy to go through downtown traffic lights while roads are blocked off.

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That type of security clearance is only one level below the Pope, is on terms with the president of the United States, and is

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