FIFA Vice President & Five Executives Arested Over £65 Million Bribes

At least six high-ranking FIFA executives including the vice-president were arrested this morning during a dramatic dawn raid at a five-star hotel in Switzerland over allegations of bribery totalling more than £60 million over the past 25 years. More than a dozen plain-clothed Swiss police officers arrived unannounced at the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich at around 6:am before storming the rooms where senior officials from the world football's governing body were staying.

Members from the executive committee were then led away by police through the side exit of the hotel, with many using bedsheets to shield themselves from the public eye. The most significant arrest was that of Jeffrey Webb, the vice president of the executive committee, who has previously been hailed by Sepp Blatter as the potential successor to the position of FIFA president.

Among the other FIFA members arrested in the dawn raid were Eugenio Figueredo, the Uruguayan football executive who was due to stand down from the world governing body after Friday's election. Other officials held by Swiss police include Eduardio Li, President of the Costa Rica Football Association and Jack Warner, a former member of the executive committee.

Although Swiss authorities said six officials had been arrested, the New York Times reported that 14 officials had been charged on the U.S indictment. Other suspects named include Julio Rocha, Costas Takkas, Rafael Esquivel, José Maria Marin and Nicolás Leoz.

A RAID ON FIFA'S CORRIDORS OF POWER: LIST OF OFFICIALS CHARGED...

1. Jeffrey Webb
FIFA vice-president and president of CONCACAF. The 50-year-old was born and lives in the Cayman Islands and is the Cayman Islands Football Association president. Previously been hailed by Sepp Blatter as the potential successor to the position of FIFA president.

2. Eugenio Figueredo
Former footballer and now Uruguayan FA executive. A former president of CONMEBOL, the South American football federation.

3. Jack Warner
Former FIFA vice-president and president of CONCACAF from Trinidad and Tobago until he resigned from all his positions in international football in 2011.

4. Eduardo Li 
President of the Costa Rican Football Association.

5. Julio Rocha
President of the Nicaraguan Football Federation.

6. Jose Maria Marin 
Vice-president of the Brazil Football Federation and its former president. The CBF were the football organisation who handed out controversial £16,000 Parmigiani watches at their congress in Sao Paulo a year ago when Marin was chief of the association.

7. Costas Takkas
A former general secretary of the Cayman Islands Football Association.

8. Rafael Esquivel 
President of the Venezuelan Football Federation since 1988.

9. Nicolas Leoz 
Former CONMEBOL president between 1986 and 2013.  He allegedly wanted the FA Cup named after him in exchange for a vote for England in their attempts to host the 2018 World Cup.

Culled from: DailyMail.com