FIFA is still in turmoil

Honduran Alfredo Hawit, acting head of the Confederation of North America, Central and Caribbean Tegucigalpa November 5th, 2015 and Paraguayan Juan Angel Napout, president of the South American Confederation Luque July 16, 2015 A senior FIFA Said the official Officials detained This two FIFA in Zurich on December 3, 2015 is suspected of corruption are vice presidents Juan Angel Napout of Paraguay and Alfredo Hawit of Honduras

11:02 - Pots of wine - A total of 14 people, including nine current or former members of FIFA, have so far implicated in the indictment of American justice, which evokes some 150 million (€ 132 million) of bribes and kickbacks since the 1990s.

10:42 - Press conference - A press conference is scheduled at 14:30, after the meeting of the executive committee. Cameroonian Issa Hayatou, Acting President, and Swiss lawyer Francois Carrard, Chairman of the Commission reforms, should participate, but their participation? S not yet fully confirmed.

10:40 - Reforms - The second day of the Executive Committee meeting began as scheduled at 09:00, reports the AFP in Zurich Eric Bernaudeau, citing a spokesman for the organisation. The President of the Commission reforms, the Swiss lawyer Francois Carrard, should present the findings of his commission, which will then be put to vote. If accepted by the Executive Committee, these reforms will be put to the vote of the 209 federations February 26, 2016, at an extraordinary congress in Zurich. 

These reforms provide for a particular limitation to 12 years of accumulated mandates of the President and members of the Executive Committee, a rebalancing of powers of that committee, which would be renamed the board and whose membership would increase, and a strengthened health check Member that advice. The remuneration of senior officials of FIFA, including the president and general secretary, would also be published.

10:39 - World 2022 - The new arrests came a day after the fifth anniversary of the award of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. This allocation, tainted by suspicions of corruption at the heart of the scandal that has shaken FIFA for several months.

10:34 - Arrests - The Swiss police operation began at 6:00 am (0500 GMT) and targeted including Baur au Lac in Zurich, which had already been the scene of the first wave of arrests in the seat Fifa. Ironically, the current Executive Committee was expected today to consider the reforms envisaged by the Federation to regain credibility. The Executive Committee will continue "as expected," said FIFA in a statement.

10:31 - Cooperation - "FIFA will continue to cooperate fully with the US justice under Swiss law as well as in the framework of the investigation by the Swiss prosecutor's office," said FIFA.

10:29 - South Americans - Both leaders are arrested vice presidents of FIFA, the Honduran Alfredo Hawit and Paraguayan Juan Angel Napout. Mr. Hawit is the acting head of the Confederation of North America, Central and Caribbean (CONCACAF). Mr. Napout chairs the South American Confederation (Conmebol).

10:28 - Exchange - The two leaders of FIFA were arrested at the request of the United States for their extradition. "These senior executives were paid in exchange for the sale of marketing rights in connection with the distribution of tournaments in Latin America and qualifications for the World Cup," the Swiss Department of Justice.

10:24 - FIFA is still in turmoil six months after a first dragnet for suspicions of corruption within the highest body of world football, two other officials were arrested this morning at dawn in Zurich . These new arrests occurred on the sidelines of an Executive Committee, opened yesterday in the Swiss city, where also seven world football officials were arrested May 27 for suspicions of corruption and money laundering.