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Swiss parliament votes on law to bring FIFA, others, under scrutiny

Yahoo! Sports | June 3, 2015

Related Topics: FIFA, Switzerland, International Olympic Committee, Reuters, Social Democratic Party of Germany

* Law already going through parliament before latest scandal

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* Would allow Swiss to investigate corruption at private bodies

* Upper house waters bill down, left-wing says

* Switzerland home to 60 sport organisations - IOC, FIFA, UEFA

By Stephanie Nebehay

BERN, June 3 (Reuters) - Swiss lawmakers gave preliminary approval on Wednesday to a law to make it easier to investigate corruption allegations at sporting bodies located in Switzerland, a vote that coincided with the worst scandal to ever hit soccer's ruling body FIFA.

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