Six Officials Arrested In Zurich Over Fifa Graft

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Tue, 05/26/2015 - 11:21pm

ZURICH (Reuters) - Six soccer officials were arrested in Zurich on Wednesday and detained pending extradition to the United States over suspected corruption at soccer's governing body FIFA, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice (FCOJ) said in a statement.

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Six Officials Arrested In Zurich Over Fifa Graft

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