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FBI raids CONCACAF headquarters

Published: 27 May 2015 - 04:59 pm | Last Updated: 13 Jan 2022 - 04:44 pm


Miami--US federal agents investigating alleged corruption in world football's governing bodies raided the North and Central American association CONCACAF's headquarters in Miami on Wednesday.

As US officials unveiled an indictment against several senior FIFA and CONCACAF figures and arrests were carried out in Switzerland, agents entered the four-storey South Beach office building with boxes to gather evidence.

The current and former presidents of CONCACAF, Jeffrey Webb and Jack Warner, are among 14 defendants accused of masterminding a 24-year-old multimillion-dollar kickback scheme on football marketing contracts.

AFP