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What We Know So Far

 

• FIFA’s in president, Sepp Blatter, announced Tuesday he would step down amid a massive corruption scandal.
• Elections will be held between December and March 2016.
• Nine FIFA officials and five corporate executives were indicted for corruption by the U.S. Department of Justice on May 27.
• Four more people and two corporations were charged and previously pleaded guilty; details of those charges were unsealed on May 27.
• The arrests are the culmination of a three-year investigation by the FBI.
• All 14 indicted face charges of racketeering, conspiracy, and corruption.
• Sepp Blatter was re-elected on May 29 as FIFA president.
• Authorities reportedly believe Blatter’s top deputy transferred millions in alleged bribe money.

A Red Notice is Interpol’s way of notifying member countries that an arrest warrant has been issued for an individual at the request of a judicial authority — in this case the U.S. Justice Department.

Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner and former FIFA executive committee member Nicolas Leoz are two of the six wanted men.

The charges against them include racketeering, conspiracy and corruption.

Also wanted are Hugo Jinkis and Mariano Jinkis, two Argentine marketing executives with a controlling stake in Full Play Sports Group.

Brazilian José Margulles, controlling principal of Valente Corp. and Somerton Ltd., broadcasting business, is also wanted by U.S. authorities on charges of corruption.

The Interpol arrest warrants are the latest developments in a week in which the soccer world has been totally shaken up by a slew of corruption scandals involving officials at highest level of the game.