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: The Fifa has a police action on early Thursday morning in the context of corruption investigations against officials confirmed. “We are aware of the actions that have been carried out today by the US Department of Justice,” it said in a written statement.
There was apparently arrested in Zurich Hotel Baur au Lac. The police entered the hotel at 6.00 clock in the morning through a side entrance. The officers searched accordingly by officials, who are accused inter alia, money laundering and fraud
09.22 clock. According to information of the German Press Agency, it should be at the two suspects to the vice-president Juan Angel Napout (Paraguay) and Alfredo Hawit Banegas (Honduras) act.
08.58 Clock: The Executive Committee meeting of the football world governing body FIFA is to be continued as planned despite the arrests. On Thursday morning, the remaining ExCo members were, including the German representative Wolfgang Niersbach, driven on the Zurich mountain in the association’s headquarters in limousines from a luxury Zurich hotel.
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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