US police conducted searches at the headquarters of the CONCACAF in Miami – Kommersant

                             
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US police raided the headquarters of the Football Confederation of North and Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF) in Miami . This was reported at the US Department of Justice.

Today, several high-ranking officials of FIFA in Zurich arrested on corruption charges in connection with the election of – the hosts the World Cup in 2018 and 2022. Later, US Department of Justice reported that the arrested officials accused FIFA of extortion and taking bribes worth more than $ 150 million. The four official FIFA, as well as two others, who do not work in the organization, pleaded guilty on charges of corruption.

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said that those arrested on charges of corruption FIFA officials had no relation to the bid campaign for the 2018 World Cup football. “If you take these people, many of them in the bidding campaign the 2018 World Cup had nothing to do. They were not members of the executive committee and did not participate, “- the minister said.

Details of the corruption scandal, read the material” b “” on charges of corruption arrested senior officials FIFA ».