The Swiss Police have arrested several senior Fifa officials shortly before a meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee. As in May, the Zurich precious Hotel Baur au Lac was the scene. More than a dozen people are said to have been targeted by the investigators.
- Swiss police arrest many Fifa functionaries in the noble Hotel Baur au Lac fixed
- More than a dozen people in the sights of investigators
- Detained: CONCACAF President Alfredo Hawit and CONMEBOL President Juan Angel Napout
The facts: Six months after the spectacular arrests of several soccer officials has there have been again a police action against Fifa functionaries in a luxury Zurich hotel. The Swiss Justice confirmed on Thursday morning the arrest of two officials of the Football World Association a few hours before the meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee in Zurich.
It should be the vice-president Juan Angel Napout (Paraguay) and Alfredo Hawit Banegas (Honduras) act. They were taken at the request of the US Attorney in Zurich in custody pending extradition. You are accused of having accepted bribes in the millions. According to reports, there are no European officials affected
11.25 clock. The Fifa has a press conference by 14 clock announced. At the meeting of not arrested FIFA Executive members to advise on increasing the World Cup from 32 to 40 teams reportedly. This should be part of a comprehensive reform package that is to be adopted by the major body of the FIFA World Association
10.05 clock. The “New York Times” reported that it also other places in Zurich to have come to arrests. Some officials would the Hotel Baur au Lac avoided since the events in May and prefer quartered elsewhere
09:39 clock:. Even after information of the German Press Agency, it should be acting at the two suspects to the vice-president Juan Angel Napout (Paraguay) and Alfredo Hawit Banegas (Honduras). The “New York Times” brought the two names already a few hours ago the game
08.58 clock. is the meeting of the Executive Committee of the world football governing body FIFA continued despite the arrests as planned become. On Thursday morning, the remaining ExCo members were, including the German representative Wolfgang Niersbach, driven in limousines from a Zurich luxury hotel on the Zurich mountain in the association headquarters.
08.13 Clock: The Swiss Justice confirmed in a statement the arrest of two officials – without naming names. They were taken on Thursday morning at the request of the US Attorney in Zurich in custody pending extradition. The officials are accused of having accepted “bribes amounting to millions”
08.01 clock. As the “New York Times” (NYT) reports, the police action directed against current and former Fifa officials. especially hard to take the North and South American Associations
07.55 clock. The FIFA Executive Committee meeting is scheduled to begin as planned. The reports of the Sports Information Service
07.42 clock. The remaining members of the FIFA Executive Committee will meet at 9 clock to a crisis meeting . NYT correspondent Sam Borden reported outside the hotel cars were driven up, which are soon to be chauffeured to the headquarters, the remaining Fifa men.
07.25 Clock: The first name are fixed well. Among those arrested are noisy “New York Times” Alfredo Hawit (Honduras, president of the North and Central American federation Concacaf, FIFA Vice-President and Member of the Executive Committee) and Juan Angel Napout (Paraguay, President of the South American federation Conmebol, FIFA vice-president and member of the Executive Committee).
07.10 Clock: The Fifa confirmed the police action . For more details, however, not yet called the Association. He trying to explain simply, “fully cooperate with the authorities continue to”
07.03 clock. It is still unclear how many people were arrested exactly and whether any arrests have been made at the hotel , The “New York Times” writes date of “at least some”
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06.55 Clock: According to information of the “New York Times”, the official procured against six clock access to the hotel and surprised the officials. Hotel employees informed the guests in the lobby, to leave the hotel due to an “exceptional situation”
06.49 clock. According to preliminary information of the Ex-Fifa President Sepp Blatter belongs not to the detainees.
06.44 Clock: The arrests are in connection with investigations by the US authorities with regard to corruption, money laundering or extortion by members of the Football World Association
06.40 clock. The arrests occur shortly before the scheduled for this Thursday meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee. In this is to be voted on a reform paper
06.36 clock. The Swiss police has several senior Fifa officials arrested . Place of arrests was the noble Hotel Baur au Lac in Zurich as already in May. This was reported by “New York Times”. More than a dozen suspects should stand in the sights of investigators
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