More soccer officials have been charged by United States authorities with racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering and other offenses. At least two top FIFA officials were arrested early Thursday morning in Zurich, part of the latest sweep in an investigation into corruption in world soccer. Charges for those two officials and possibly 10 others are expected to be unsealed on Thursday.
Among those newly charged are Alfredo Hawit, president of the confederation for North and Central America and the Caribbean, and Juan Ángel Napout, president of the South American confederation.
The Department of Justice, the United States Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York, the Internal Revenue Service and other government agencies have described what they believe is systemic corruption that reached the highest levels of international soccer.