In Zurich, that Swiss city well known as a hub of finance and international banking was today a different type of center: a center of huge embarrassment for the entire Swiss nation. At an early morning hour, law enforcement body entered the well known Baur Hotel and gave the desk clerk a list of guests and asked for the room numbers. Police then went to each guest room, asked for entry, and proceeded to arrest that guest- a high ranking FIFA official in town for the annual meeting.
At the request of the United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the F.B.I., and the Justice Dept. all of those arrested will be extradited to the US to face a list of charges, including racketeering, tax evasion, bribery, conspiracy, money laundering, and others. The list of names is impressive and underscores the length and breadth of the criminal activity. Named were the following:
Alejandro Burzaco'-Argentina
Aaron Davidson-USA
Hugo Jinkis -Argentina
Mariano Jinkis -Argentina
Jose Margulies-Brazil
D. Warner-Trinidad/Tobago
R. Blazer-USA
Jeffrey Webb Cayman Is.
Eduardo Li-Costa Rica
Eugenio Figuerdo-Uruguay
Jack Warner- Trinidad/Tobago
Julio Rocha-Nicaragua
Costas Taklas- Cayman Is.
Rafael Esquivel-Venezuela
Jose maria Marin- Brazil
Meisolas Leoz-Paraguay
Jose Hawilla-Brazil
In addition to these defendants, others will be named soon as these individuals start to sing like canaries. Once they realize the game is over and prison will be their new address for years to come, they will take any possible deal to cut short the sentence. Perhaps ol Sepp Blatter will step down after 40 years. Maybe he'll say enough; probably not.
The best comments came from-who do you think?- The Russyans. They claim it's a US conspiracy. But, they say the World Cup bid process was investigated and Russya will host the World Cup as awarded. The Sports Minister claimed the US is trying to intimidate Mad Vlad because he's
not following US -backed international leadership. Russyans, ya gotta luv 'em. Aren't they something? Tooo much vodka not so good for Ivan.
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