The inquiry by former US attorney Michael Garcia was set up by FIFA to tackle claims of corruption in the bid process for the 2018/2022 World Cups, won by Russia and Qatar.

FIFA released an edited version of the report in 2014 which was dismissed as a cover-up after it found no evidence of corruption by the winning bids, but the full details – including Australia's role – had been kept under wraps.

Now a leaked version given to a German newspaper has prompted FIFA to release the full report this morning.

It accuses former FFA chief executive Ben Buckley and chairman Sir Frank Lowy of bending the rules to buy influence from FIFA Executive Committee members in the race to host the 2018 or 2022 tournaments.

The bid specifically targeted Franz Beckenbauer, CONCACAF's Jack Warner, Oceania's Reynald Temarii and the four African nations on FIFA's ExCo – Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Egypt – which were offered millions in Australian government aid.

The Australian side to the probe – which also examined the Qatar, Russian, England and USA bids – centres on the recruitment of Peter Hargitay as a consultant.

His past comes under close scrutiny as a former advisor to FIFA general secretary Sepp Blatter and his links to Beckenbauer's right hand man Fedor Radmann and Warner - now banned from football for life and facing charges in the US for wire fraud, racketeering and money laundering.

The report quotes from a series of emails from Hargitay which reveal the cloak and dagger details of the bid including hiring Radmann as another consultant via a third party company amid an apparent series of public lies over the connection.

At times the emails become absurd when Hargitay berates others for being too transparent while spelling out the subterfuge in his own emails.

It reveals Hargitay was secretly copying in Radman on all his emails – but Hargitay blew that secret when he repeatedly mentioned it in emails.

Radmann was allegedly key to getting Beckenbauer onside for the Australian bid, as part a backroom deal for Australia not to compete against Germany for the Women's World Cup at the time.

Radmann is said to have been on a $2m+ bonus if Australia secured the 2018 World Cup but around half that amount if it won the 2022 bid instead.

The report also reveals the extent to which Warner tried to con the Australian bid out of millions, which was stopped by the former FFA Head of Performance, John Boultbee.