FIFA Corruption: Two Held In Fresh Police Raid

Two more FIFA officials have been detained in Zurich as the Swiss authorities carried out a fresh wave of arrests on behalf of the US authorities.
The officials are being held in custody pending extradition, the Swiss authorities said. The US arrest requests say the officials are suspected of accepting bribes involving millions of dollars.
The Swiss authorities say they will hold hearings on the requests before the end of the day.
If the officials agree to extradition, the process can be agreed immediately. However, if they oppose extradition, the US will need to submit a formal extradition request within 40 days.
The latest arrests were made at the luxury Baur Au Lac Hotel, scene of raids in May that saw seven FIFA officials arrested and charged, triggering a crisis from which the organisation is still reeling.
FIFA President Blatter reacts during a news conference after the Extraordinary FIFA Executive Committee Meeting at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich
Sources told Sky News that Juan Angel Napout, the Paraguayan president of the South American confederation CONMEBOL, is among those detained.
The New York Times reported that Alfredo Hawit of Honduras, president of the CONCACAF, the north and central American and Caribbean Confederation, was also arrested.
Both men are FIFA vice-presidents, but their detention has not been confirmed.
It is understood that suspended FIFA President Sepp Blatter was not among those arrested.
Sources with knowledge of the operation told Sky News that current or former members of the FIFA executive committee are among those detained.
Sources said as many as 12 arrests have been made in a global operation.
FIFA officials are gathered in Zurich for a meeting of the executive committee that was intended to approve a series of reforms. It was scheduled to reconvene at 9am local time.
The operation is linked to an FBI investigation into alleged bribery and corruption in the award of broadcasting and marketing contracts, many of them in central and south America.
In a statement FIFA said: "FIFA became aware of the actions taken today by the US Department of Justice. FIFA will continue to cooperate fully with the US investigation as permitted by Swiss law, as well as with the investigation being led by the Swiss Office of the Attorney General.
"FIFA will have no further comment on today's developments."

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