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FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (FIFA) :
CRIME AND CRIMNALS:
Arrested FIFA Officials Face Extradition to U.S.
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Arrested FIFA Officials Face Extradition to U.S.
ZURICH
By Mike Collett and Brian Homewood
Sports
Wednesday May 27, 2015 5:20am EDT
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/27/
us-soccer-fifa-arrests-idUSKBN0OC0B020150527
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Six high-ranking soccer officials, including two vice-presidents of world
governing-body FIFA, were arrested by Swiss police on Wednesday and
detained pending extradition to the United States.
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The arrests were made by plain-clothed police shortly after dawn at a
plush Zurich hotel where FIFA officials are staying ahead of this week's
FIFA presidential election.
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The Swiss Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) did not identify which officials
were arrested but confirmed that FIFA president Sepp Blatter was not among
them.
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The New York Times and the BBC both reported that Jeffrey Webb and Eugenio
Figueredo, both FIFA vice-presidents, were among the six detained.
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The FOJ said in a statement that the officials were suspected by U.S.
investigators of having received or paid bribes totaling millions of
dollars.
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"The US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York is
investigating these individuals on suspicion of the acceptance of bribes
and kickbacks between the early 1990s and the present day," the statement
said.
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"The bribery suspects -- representatives of sports media and sports
promotion firms -- are alleged to have been involved in schemes to make
payments to the soccer functionaries -- delegates of FIFA and other
functionaries of FIFA sub-organizations -- totaling more than US$100
million."
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More than 10 officials were expected to be indicted but not all were in
Zurich. The New York Times said Jack Warner, Eduardo Li, Julio Rocha,
Costas Takkas, Rafael Esquivel, JosMaria Marin and Nicolas Leoz were also
indicted.
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Prince Ali, who has promised to clean up FIFA if elected to the top job,
released a brief statement.
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"Today is a sad day for football," he said.
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"Clearly this is a developing story, the details of which are still
emerging. It would not be appropriate to comment further at this time."
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The New York Times said more than a dozen Swiss law enforcement officials
arrived at Zurich's Baur au Lac hotel early on Wednesday, took keys from
the registration desk and headed up to the rooms.
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Claire Phipps (earlier) David Hills (now)
Wednesday 27 May 2015 05.25 EDT
The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2015/may/27/
fifa-officials-arrested-on-corruption-charges-live
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What we know so far
Fifa are facing an unprecedented crisis on the eve of their congress in
Zurich after Swiss authorities made early-morning arrests of six officials
and opened separate criminal proceedings over the awarding of the 2018 and
2022 World Cups.
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Officers carried out a dawn raid on the five star Baur au Lac hotel in
Zurich and arrested a number of officials on corruption charges, including
Fifa vice-president Jeffrey Webb from the Cayman Islands.
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In a separate move, officers raided Fifas headquarters in Zurich,
seized electronic data and opened criminal proceedings against persons
unknown on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and of money laundering in
connection with the allocation of the 2018 and 2022 football World Cups,
said a statement from the Swiss attorney general.
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Authorities have confirmed todays developments involve two separate
proceedings.
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