The United States asked Switzerland to extradite seven FIFA officials arrested in Zurich in May on suspicion of taking bribes worth over 100 million dollars, Swiss authorities said Thursday.
The country's Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) said the formal extradition requests were submitted on Wednesday evening by the U.S. Embassy in Bern acting on a request by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, which is handling the probe.
FIFA, world soccer's governing body, has been plagued by corruption allegations for years.
The FOJ will hold a hearing on the request, likely in the next few weeks, before making a decision, the FOJ said.