US indicts 16 more in probe of world soccer corruption

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Source: Yahoo! News / AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — As members of FIFA's executive committee prepared to vote on reforming soccer's scandal-plagued governing body, Swiss government agents swept into a luxury hotel before dawn for a second wave of arrests on corruption charges in the wake of another sweeping indictment by U.S. prosecutors.

Five current and former members of FIFA's ruling executive committee were among 16 additional men charged with bribes and kickbacks in a 92-count indictment unsealed Thursday that took down an entire generation of soccer leaders in South America, a bedrock of FIFA and World Cup history.

"The betrayal of trust set forth here is truly outrageous," U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said. "The scale of corruption alleged herein is unconscionable."

Led away by Swiss federal police at Zurich's Baur au Lac hotel were Juan Angel Napout of Paraguay, president of the South American confederation (CONMEBOL), and Alfredo Hawit of Honduras, head of the North and Central American and Caribbean governing body (CONCACAF).

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/report-fifa-officials-again-subject-pre-dawn-raids-060133779.html

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1. Good. The new right-wing Argentine president named a brother of one of those indicted Security Sec.

Pressure has to be made to bear on those who've sullied the world most popular sport - in whatever country they may be.

From Buenos Aires Herald:

Alejandro Burzaco, one of the businessmen indicted in the FIFA graft scandal, is not only linked to media and sports but also politics. He's portedly linked to Mayor Macri’s illegal phone-tapping scheme.

The CEO of Torneos (formerly known as TyC) is the brother of Eugenio Burzaco, the former Metropolitan Police head appointed by Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri. In 2010, TyC sports media founder Carlos Ávila appeared before Judge Norberto Oyarbide to link the two siblings with the illegal phone-tapping records scheme that implicated Macri.

Macri recently named Eugenio Burzaco Argentina's Security Secretary, a powerful post that coordinates law enforcement agencies nationwide.

http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/190265/burzaco%E2%80%99s-close-ties-to-politics

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2. compared to the list indicted for the economic ruin of tens of millions of americans nt

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3. Soccer officials who have little relevance to the US are much easier targets

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