Zurich (Reuters)-following the arrest of six officials and FIFA football Summit at the request of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today at a hotel in Zurich, Switzerland authorities now turn that States would open investigations relating to cases of corruption at the world soccer governing body.
News agency Reuters stated, this day Switzerland authorities have opened criminal investigations against individuals suspected of doing mismanajem and money laundering relating to the granting of rights to host the FIFA World Cup 2018 and 2022.
The Office of the Attorney General Switzerland also said that they had seized documents and data stored on the system IT (information technology) in FIFA.
Told Reuters, FIFA spokesman declined to comment on the plans of the Switzerland authorities if done would involve many parties from around the world were in the giving voice to Russia and Qatar to host the World Cup in the second over.
Today the six FIFA officials in Zurich were arrested on charges of "bribery, extortion, and money laundering" worth hundreds of millions of u.s. dollars.
His sixth is Jeffrey Webb, the boss of the Football Association of Central America and the Caribbean (Concacaf). Second, former FIFA Vice President Jack Warner, then Chief Executive of the Football Association of Uruguay Eugenio Figueredo, then Eduardo Li, President of the Football Federation of Costa Rica.
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Furthermore, FIFA officials, Julio Rocha; the President of the Football Federation of Venezuela, Rafael Esquivel; the former President of Brazil Football Confederation, Jose Maria Marin; and the former President of the South American football Confederation Nicolas Leoz,.
Other officials who allegedly exposed to this case is Costas Takkas.
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