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          The American Attorney General Loretta Lynch
     

 
                                                  

 
 
     
     
     
         
         
                                                             

The US Department of Justice has filed charges against 16 other high-ranking officials in the corruption scandal at football’s world governing body Fifa. “Each of these defendants are accused of criminal conspiracy and other crimes in connection with the long-standing abuse their positions for financial gain,” Justice Minister Loretta Lynch said on Thursday at a press conference in Washington. The head of the IRS, Richard Weber, spoke of a “another good day for football fans around the world”.

                         
         
         
                                                             
                                 

Among the new defendants include the former executive member of the World Confederation, Ricardo Teixeira, the former Brazilian FA president Marco Polo Del Nero and the former Fifa executive member Rafael Salguero of Guatemala. That gave the American Justice Minister Loretta Lynch announced on Thursday at a press conference in Washington. “The level of corruption is unbelievable,” said Lynch, who is also Attorney General of the United States.

                         
         
         
                                                             

The accused allegedly involved in Bestechung- and corruption offenses amounting to about 200 million dollars. “All of them will not escape us,” Lynch said. She explained that in the morning, eight defendants have pleaded guilty, five of them were not one of the original defendants.

                         
         
         
                                                             

In the morning, the FIFA vice-president Juan Angel Napout were in Zurich arrested from Paraguay and Alfredo Hawit Banegas of Honduras. Among the announced by the authorities of the United States 16 names – all of Central and South Americans – are Napout and Hawit Banegas with the only currently senior Fifa offices

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Texeira, the son of former FIFA President Joao Havelange, was 1974-1998 Vice President of the World Federation. On the published by the Ministry of Justice list of defendants are also the present and former general secretary of the South American federation Comnebol and numerous former and current officials of the Central American Association of Concacaf. The US Attorney was seeking an extradition of the accused, Lynch said.

                         
         
         
                                                             

The investigation had still not been completed. “We still get new information,” Lynch said. But you could not mention any details as to what or who is currently standing in the focus of the investigation. The authorities have now a “good picture of the extent of bribery and corruption.” However, one concern in the face of which the “viability of the organization in the future” and also to the sincerity of their efforts for change.

                                 

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The 16 accused officials

Official of the Central American federation Concacaf:

 
 

Alfredo Hawit: Former FIFA vice-president, Executive Member, Concacaf Vice-President and President of the Football Federation of Honduras

 
 

Ariel Alvarado: member of the FIFA Disciplinary Komittees, former football-President of Panama

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Rafael Callejas : Member of the FIFA Marketing and TV Committee, President of the Republic of Honduras

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Brayan Jiménez: member of the FIFA Fair Play Committee and President of the Football Federation of Guatemala

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Rafael Salguero: Former Fifa executive member and past president of the Football Federation of Guatemala

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Héctor Trujillo: Secretary General of the Football Federation of Guatemala and judges of the Constitutional Court of the country

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Reynaldo Vasquez: Former President of the Association of San Salvador

 

 
 

Official of the South American federation Conmebol:

 
 

Juan Ángel Napout: FIFA Vice-President and Executive Member, CONCACAF President and former President of Paraguay Association

 
 

Manuel Burga: a member of the FIFA Development Committee, former President of Bolivia association

 
 

Carlos Chávez : Conmebol-treasurer, former President of Bolivia association

 
 

Luís Chiriboga: Association President of Ecuador and Conmebol Executive Member

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Marco Polo del Nero: Brazilian federation president, to resign on November 26, a member of the FIFA Executive Committee

 
 

Eduardo Deluca: earlier Conbemol General

 
 

José Luis Meiszner: Current Conmebol Secretary General

 
 

Romer Osuna: a member of the Audit and Compliance committee of FIFA, CONMEBOL former treasurer

 
 

Ricardo Teixeira: Former association president of Brazil and former Fifa executive member

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Fifa scandal

“The level of corruption is incredible”

As part of the investigation into the football’s world governing body, the American Attorney General Loretta Lynch accuses sixteen other officials of corruption. They worry seriously about the “viability” of Fifa.

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