Former Chairmen of the chambers of the independent FIFA Ethics Committee, Hans-Joachim Eckert (L) and Cornel Borbely (R) give a press conference after FIFA's decision to remove its ethics team on May 10, 2017. FIFA's decision to remove its ethics team was a "setback in the fight against corruption", one of those dismissed, investigator Cornel Borbely, told a press conference in Bahrain . Pic/AFP

FIFA's decision to remove its ethics team was a "setback" in the fight against corruption as "hundreds" of cases were being investigated, ousted investigator Cornel Borbely said on Wednesday.