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Swiss Authorities Arrest Multiple FIFA Officials on Corruption Charges

Members of the FIFA executive committee were reportedly meeting in Zurich this week to approve reform measures, which provided a fitting backdrop Thursday for the latest set of arrests made involving corruption within soccer's international governing body.

According to Rebecca R. Ruiz, Matt Apuzzo and Sam Borden of the New York Times, Swiss authorities "began a new series of pre-dawn arrests Thursday" as another step in the investigation into the corruption of international soccer. The investigation is being led by United States officials, and the report said "more than a dozen people were expected to be charged.