“FIFA officials on Interpol most wanted list”
Interpol has put six men with ties to FIFA, the world's governing soccer body, on its most wanted list, issuing an international “red notice” for two former FIFA officials and four executives on charges including corruption.
FIFA executive members Jack Warner and Nicolas Leoz as well as four heads of sports marketing companies have been put on the list, according to Interpol.
The Interpol "red notice" means they risk arrest anywhere they travel.
Jack Warner is reportedly in Trinidad and Tobago and Leoz is under house arrest in his native Paraguay.
The Interpol announcement comes a day after Sepp Blatter announced his intention to step down as FIFA president.
In a press conference held at FIFA’s headquarters in the Swiss city of Zurich on Tuesday, Blatter announced his intention to quit just days after he won the soccer body’s presidential election.
“I felt compelled to stand for re-election, as I believed that this was the best thing for the organization. That election is over, but FIFA's challenges are not. FIFA needs a profound overhaul,” he said.
He added that although he has a mandate from the membership of FIFA, he felt he did not have “a mandate from the entire world of football.”
“Therefore, I have decided to lay down my mandate at an extraordinary elective congress. I will continue to exercise my functions as FIFA president until that election,” he added.
Blatter’s surprise resignation comes amid a scandal involving some senior FIFA officials. Swiss authorities attacked a FIFA summit in Zurich and arrested seven high-profile officials of the football governing body.
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