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Sepp Blatter 'knew' about CONCACAF, CONMEBOL corruption - Ocampo

BASEL, Switzerland -- Sepp Blatter says publicly accusing him of staying silent while likely knowing that senior officials in the Americas were corrupt is "not acceptable."

Speaking at an event on Friday, former International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo alleged the former FIFA president knew about corruption in CONCACAF and CONMEBOL.

"I am not guilty," the visibly angry former FIFA president later told reporters at the University of Basel in his native Switzerland.

Blatter had been the key speaker in a two-hour debate with a mostly student audience on problems facing world football's scandal-hit governing body.