As FIFA leaders gathered for a meeting in Zurich on Wednesday, Swiss law enforcement officials arrived at the five-star Baur au Lac hotel unannounced to arrest some of highest-ranking soccer officials in the world, at the request of the United States Department of Justice.
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• An indictment is expected to be unsealed early Wednesday morning in federal court in Brooklyn charging 14 defendants with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies, among other offenses.
• The indictment is expected to say that bribes and kickbacks were found in connection with the selection of the host country for the 2010 World Cup.