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Swiss authorities say seized documents from sports agency in FIFA probe

Related Topics: Cooperation, Switzerland, FIFA, Sport, Zürich

ZURICH, June 5 (Reuters) - Swiss authorities said on Friday they seized documents from a defunct sports rights marketing agency roughly 50 kilometers east of Zurich on the same day as they seized data and documents at FIFA linked to the allocation of the next two World Cups.

Switzerland's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) said it undertook a "collection of evidence on cooperative basis" of sports rights agency Kentaro, based in the Swiss town of Wil.

"Kentaro gave the attorney general's office relevant documents as part of a collection of evidence on a cooperative basis on May 27 for our investigation," said a spokeswoman for the Berne-based authority which is leading the probe into soccer's global governing body.