Switzerland extradites first of 7 FIFA suspects to US
One of the seven FIFA officials held in Switzerland over corruption allegations has been extradicted to the United States, the Swiss justice ministry said in a statement Thursday.
"The first of the seven FIFA officials being held in custody in Switzerland was extradited to the USA on 15 July," the statement said.
"He was handed over to a three-man US police escort in Zurich who accompanied him on the flight to New York." -AFP
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