FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extradition to U.S

Re:FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extra... by iaw on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @02:31AM (#9609645)

I understand where the capabilities come from, my curiosity here is more in the motivation. The U.S. has a lot of capabilities that they don't exercise, what put FIFA into the crosshairs on this one? (beyond the allegations of wrongdoing)

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Re:FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extra... by ptaipale on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @02:45AM (#9609697)

I expect it is simply that the evidence indicated substantial financial corruption, and bribery with loss of tax revenue. Taxman is what really gets governments pissed off.

I have no doubt there are similar patterns of corruption in other sports, but the financial impact is probably not as big.

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