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Re:FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extra... by mschuster91 on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @02:27AM (#9609633)
> I'm impressed and somewhat surprised that the U.S. would be the entity to enforce this given the relative lack of presence FIFA has in the U.S.

The US can't keep their nose out of business of people in foreign countries. If the US has any interest in anything, they'll make it so. Just look at Megaupload for an example.

Then again, it's nice that finally someone is taking action against the corrupt hellhole called FIFA.

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Re:FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extra... by ptaipale on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @02:52AM (#9609723)
The basis for this surely is business of people in USA. Meaning that the business is in USA even if the people currently were in Switzerland. Recently, there has been more public attention on tax evasion, and football (as I call it; soccer for Americans) is big business.

I do not believe the Swiss police would have acted for this on a U.S. request without some substantial evidence of actual wrongdoing that happened in the U.S. and is punishable by law both in the U.S. and Switzerland.

I am happy that the U.S. is finally putting some pressure on FIFA and its corruption (and inefficiency).

(As an anecdote, I got really pissed off by the FIFA procedures when trying to let an exchange student, a young kid, to play just for fun. They really try to squeeze the money off of ordinary people, just for a 16-year-old to be licensed to play. The end result: he couldn't play.)

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