(ATR) U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch won’t say if outgoing president Sepp Blatter is a target of an expanding probe into FIFA corruption – but she expects more charges against "individuals and entities".
Lynch and her Swiss counterpart Michael Lauber spoke at a Zurich news conference on Monday, giving an update about their separate investigations into corruption scandals at world football’s governing body.
Since the May 27 U.S. Justice Department press conference that followed the indictment of 14 FIFA officials and sports marketing executives on bribery and corruption, she said the scope of the "active and ongoing" investigation was not limited.
"We are following evidence where it leads," she told reporters. She confirmed that three defendants were awaiting trial in the US, with 10 others pending extradition in Switzerland and three other countries, saying she was "very hopeful we will be able to bring to the United States all those we charged in May".
Based on the US authorities cooperation with the Swiss attorney general’s office, she said: "We do anticipate pursuing additional charges against individuals and entities."
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Written by Mark Bisson
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