WATCH: FIFA name officials arrested in Zurich raid on suspicion of bribery

FIFA vice-presidents Alfredo Hawit of Honduras and Juan Angel Napout of Paraguay were detained on orders issued by the Swiss Federal Office of Justice (FOJ).

WATCH: FIFA name officials arrested in Zurich raid on suspicion of bribery

FIFA’s corruption scandal has erupted again after two of the organisation’s vice-presidents were arrested in a pre-dawn raid of the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich on suspicion “of accepting bribes of millions of dollars”.

The luxury establishment used by FIFA officials was swooped upon for the second time this year, with FIFA vice-presidents Alfredo Hawit of Honduras and Juan Angel Napout of Paraguay detained on orders issued by the Swiss Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) on behalf of the US Department of Justice.

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