The arrests took place early in the morning in the five-star Hotel Baur au Lac in Zurich, where the members of the leadership of FIFA came to the head of the organization’s re-election. According to New York Times, officers in civilian clothes at the reception room keys and found the football officials by surprise. The use of force did not have none of the suspects did not resist, some of them do not even handcuffed. FIFA functionaries suspect that over the last 20 years they have participated in numerous corruption schemes, including in connection with the award of the rights to host the World Cup and to broadcast the matches. According to the newspaper, they are accused of fraud, extortion and money laundering. A full list of those arrested were not disclosed. We only know that the charges will be brought against more than 10 officials, not all of which are located in Zurich: among them are vice-presidents of the football organization and Jeffrey Webb Eugenio Figueredo, as well as a former member of the executive committee Jack Warner. While the current FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter is among the defendants in a criminal case, this situation is very alarming for him. The investigation involved the FBI, so the newspaper suggests that the detainees were extradited to the United States.
During the reign of 79-year-old Blatter of FIFA have repeatedly brought the high-profile corruption scandals, the latest of which is due to conditions the award Qatar the right to host the World Cup in 2022. The charges were put forward to the championship in 2018, to be held in Russia.
At the end of the week the FIFA Executive Committee was elected president of the organization. This post is for the past 17 years took Joseph Blatter, who once again running for head of the organization.
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