By Steve Keating
VANCOUVER, June 25 (Reuters) - Funds allocated to the development of women's soccer will be closely monitored with random audits to ensure the money is going where it should, world soccer's governing body FIFA said on Thursday.
With FIFA engulfed in corruption, bribery and money laundering scandals, Mayrilian Cruz-Blanco, FIFA's senior women's football development manager, told a news conference there were strict guidelines on where money from a Financial Assistance Program (FAP) would go and how it would be spent.
"The Financial Assistance Program is very well monitored, every year before the funds are released the member associations have to submit the project where they want to spend this funding," said Cruz-Blanco.