Jaws snap shut on Fifa

28 May 2015 - 02:10
By Reuters

Seven of the most powerful figures in global soccer face extradition to the US on corruption charges after their arrest yesterday in Switzerland. And the Swiss have announced a criminal investigation of their own into money-laundering related to the awarding by Fifa of hosting rights for the next two World Cup competitions: in Russia in 2018 and in Qatar in 2022.

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