Uruguay's Juan Pedro Damiani has resigned from FIFA's ethics committee after the Panama Papers showed his law firm acted as an intermediary for a disgraced FIFA official.

"We can confirm that Mr. Damiani resigned from his position as member of the adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee of FIFA," panel spokesman Marc Tenbuecken told AFP in an email.

The Panama Papers indicate that Damiani's firm helped Eugenio Figueredo -- the former head of the South American football confederation who is now facing corruption charges in the United States -- set up a shell company.

SourcE: AFP