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The Latest: SAfrican police investigating World Cup bribes

The latest on the FIFA corruption investigation:

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0845 GMT (4:45 a.m. EDT)

South Africa's organized crime unit is conducting a preliminary investigation into bribery allegations surrounding the 2010 World Cup bid after being provided with documents by an opposition political party.

The unit's spokesman, Hangwani Mulaudzi, says a file has been opened and the unit will decide whether the information calls for a full investigation.

Mulaudzi would not describe the documents the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation received from the Freedom Front Plus political party.

Mulaudzi says the unit has ''investigators looking into the matter.