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| Who are the indicted Fifa officials? | Who are the indicted Fifa officials? |
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| Fourteen people have been indicted on corruption charges by US authorities following an investigation into football's world governing body Fifa. Nine of them are Fifa officials and five are corporate executives. | Fourteen people have been indicted on corruption charges by US authorities following an investigation into football's world governing body Fifa. Nine of them are Fifa officials and five are corporate executives. |
| Here we take a closer look at those charged with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies. | |
| Jack Warner | Jack Warner |
| Seventy-two-year-old Jack Warner from Trinidad and Tobago was a member of Fifa's executive committee from 1983 to 2011, when he resigned amid allegations he had bribed Caribbean associates. | Seventy-two-year-old Jack Warner from Trinidad and Tobago was a member of Fifa's executive committee from 1983 to 2011, when he resigned amid allegations he had bribed Caribbean associates. |
| At the time he said he had been "hung out to dry", insisting that the giving of gifts had been part of Fifa culture during his 30 years in the organisation. | At the time he said he had been "hung out to dry", insisting that the giving of gifts had been part of Fifa culture during his 30 years in the organisation. |
| He was also president of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) until 2011. | He was also president of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) until 2011. |
| After he resigned, Fifa dropped its inquiry into whether he was involved in any corruption. | After he resigned, Fifa dropped its inquiry into whether he was involved in any corruption. |
| Mr Warner returned to Trinidad and Tobago, where he became minister of security. | Mr Warner returned to Trinidad and Tobago, where he became minister of security. |
| He resigned from the post in 2013 when a Concacaf ethics panel accused him of enriching himself through fraud during his time with the football body. | He resigned from the post in 2013 when a Concacaf ethics panel accused him of enriching himself through fraud during his time with the football body. |
| He was arrested at the request of the US authorities in Trinidad on 27 May and bailed after surrendering his passport. He is due in court on 12 July. | |
| Jeffrey Webb | Jeffrey Webb |
| Jeffrey Webb, 50, from the Cayman Islands, is Concacaf president and one of seven Fifa vice-presidents. | Jeffrey Webb, 50, from the Cayman Islands, is Concacaf president and one of seven Fifa vice-presidents. |
| He succeeded Jack Warner in both posts. | He succeeded Jack Warner in both posts. |
| He is also a former member of Fifa's Transparency and Compliance Committee. | He is also a former member of Fifa's Transparency and Compliance Committee. |
| He has enjoyed the backing of Fifa president Sepp Blatter, 77, who had singled him out as his possible successor to head Fifa. | |
| He started his time in football governance as president of the Cayman Islands Football Association in 1991. | He started his time in football governance as president of the Cayman Islands Football Association in 1991. |
| Mr Webb was one of seven men arrested in Zurich, Switzerland on 27 May and is contesting attempts to extradite him to the US. | |
| Eduardo Li | Eduardo Li |
| Mr Li, a Costa Rican of Chinese origin, is the president of the Costa Rican Football Federation. | Mr Li, a Costa Rican of Chinese origin, is the president of the Costa Rican Football Federation. |
| He was due to join Fifa's executive committee on Friday. | He was due to join Fifa's executive committee on Friday. |
| Mr Li was voted Personality of the Year 2014 in Costa Rica after the national football team stunned its rivals by reaching the quarter-finals in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. | Mr Li was voted Personality of the Year 2014 in Costa Rica after the national football team stunned its rivals by reaching the quarter-finals in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. |
| Journalist Yuri Lorena Jimenez of local newspaper La Nacion described him as "impeccably dressed, spotless, without a hair out of place, nicely perfumed". | Journalist Yuri Lorena Jimenez of local newspaper La Nacion described him as "impeccably dressed, spotless, without a hair out of place, nicely perfumed". |
| She also said that in his office he "was surrounded by good taste: champagne, caviar canapes and refreshing air conditioning". | She also said that in his office he "was surrounded by good taste: champagne, caviar canapes and refreshing air conditioning". |
| Mr Li studied civil engineering but only practiced the profession for a few years. | Mr Li studied civil engineering but only practiced the profession for a few years. |
| He took over from Walter Niehaus as president of the Costa Rican Football Federation in 2007. | He took over from Walter Niehaus as president of the Costa Rican Football Federation in 2007. |
| Asked why he had taken on the job, he said that some of its perks were priceless. | Asked why he had taken on the job, he said that some of its perks were priceless. |
| "There's no Arab sheikh who can buy tickets to the kind of events us leaders of world football have access to. To witness the Fifa draw for example is one of the great plusses of this job, which certainly is very tricky." | "There's no Arab sheikh who can buy tickets to the kind of events us leaders of world football have access to. To witness the Fifa draw for example is one of the great plusses of this job, which certainly is very tricky." |
| Mr Li was arrested in Switzerland and is contesting attempts to extradite him to the US. | |
| Jose Maria Marin | Jose Maria Marin |
| Jose Maria Marin, 83, was president of the Brazilian Football Confederation from March 2012 to April 2015. | Jose Maria Marin, 83, was president of the Brazilian Football Confederation from March 2012 to April 2015. |
| He is a former football player turned politician, who served first as deputy governor and later as governor of Sao Paulo state in the late 1970s and early 1980s. | He is a former football player turned politician, who served first as deputy governor and later as governor of Sao Paulo state in the late 1970s and early 1980s. |
| From 1982 to 1988 he held the post of president of the Paulista Football Federation, which manages all official tournaments within the state of Sao Paulo. | From 1982 to 1988 he held the post of president of the Paulista Football Federation, which manages all official tournaments within the state of Sao Paulo. |
| He has been at the centre of controversy before. | He has been at the centre of controversy before. |
| When he took over as president of the Brazilian Football Confederation in 2012, journalists questioned him about a video which had emerged from a medal ceremony at a youth football tournament in Sao Paulo. | When he took over as president of the Brazilian Football Confederation in 2012, journalists questioned him about a video which had emerged from a medal ceremony at a youth football tournament in Sao Paulo. |
| The video appears to show Mr Marin pocketing a medal which should have been given to one of the winning players. | The video appears to show Mr Marin pocketing a medal which should have been given to one of the winning players. |
| He dismissed the allegation as "a joke". "The medal was provided courtesy of the Paulista Football Federation," he added. | He dismissed the allegation as "a joke". "The medal was provided courtesy of the Paulista Football Federation," he added. |
| Mr Marin served as special adviser to the organising committee of the 2014 World Cup. | Mr Marin served as special adviser to the organising committee of the 2014 World Cup. |
| He was arrested in Switzerland and is contesting attempts to extradite him to the US. | |
| Eugenio Figueredo | Eugenio Figueredo |
| Eugenio Figueredo was born in Uruguay in 1932. | Eugenio Figueredo was born in Uruguay in 1932. |
| He is a former president of the South American Football Confederation and a member of Fifa's executive committee. | He is a former president of the South American Football Confederation and a member of Fifa's executive committee. |
| He played for the Uruguayan club Huracan Buceo and served as its president between 1971 and 1972. | He played for the Uruguayan club Huracan Buceo and served as its president between 1971 and 1972. |
| In 1997 he was named president of the Uruguayan Football Association. | In 1997 he was named president of the Uruguayan Football Association. |
| He served for 10 years as vice-president of Conmebol, the highest authority in South American football. | He served for 10 years as vice-president of Conmebol, the highest authority in South American football. |
| In 2013, he replaced Nicolas Leoz as Conmebol president after Mr Leoz was accused of involvement in a bribery scandal. | In 2013, he replaced Nicolas Leoz as Conmebol president after Mr Leoz was accused of involvement in a bribery scandal. |
| Mr Figueredo held the post until August 2014. | Mr Figueredo held the post until August 2014. |
| He was arrested in Switzerland and is contesting attempts to extradite him to the US. | |
| Rafael Esquivel | Rafael Esquivel |
| Rafael Esquivel has been the president of the Venezuelan Football Federation since 1988. | Rafael Esquivel has been the president of the Venezuelan Football Federation since 1988. |
| He is also an executive member of Conmebol. | He is also an executive member of Conmebol. |
| Born in Spain in 1946, his parents moved to Venezuela when he was four years old to escape the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. | Born in Spain in 1946, his parents moved to Venezuela when he was four years old to escape the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. |
| He started his career as a football official in 1972 when he became president of the football association of the state of Nueva Esparta. | He started his career as a football official in 1972 when he became president of the football association of the state of Nueva Esparta. |
| Venezuelan players have described him as someone who is "pushy with a strong personality". | Venezuelan players have described him as someone who is "pushy with a strong personality". |
| A former captain of the national squad said that there "was no friendship or camaraderie" between officials and players under Mr Esquivel's leadership. | A former captain of the national squad said that there "was no friendship or camaraderie" between officials and players under Mr Esquivel's leadership. |
| Mr Esquivel was arrested in Switzerland and is contesting attempts to extradite him to the US. | |
| Julio Cesar Rocha Lopez | Julio Cesar Rocha Lopez |
| Mr Rocha, 64, is currently a development officer with Fifa, tasked with introducing new football projects around the world. | Mr Rocha, 64, is currently a development officer with Fifa, tasked with introducing new football projects around the world. |
| Before taking up a position with Fifa in late 2012, he served for more than 20 years as president of the football federation in his native Nicaragua, and has acted as the president of the Central American Football Union. | Before taking up a position with Fifa in late 2012, he served for more than 20 years as president of the football federation in his native Nicaragua, and has acted as the president of the Central American Football Union. |
| He also served as the head of Nicaragua's Olympic committee, and took the team to the 2008 Games in Beijing. | He also served as the head of Nicaragua's Olympic committee, and took the team to the 2008 Games in Beijing. |
| Late last year, Mr Rocha denied meeting a company whose head was imprisoned for trying to fix matches in central America. | Late last year, Mr Rocha denied meeting a company whose head was imprisoned for trying to fix matches in central America. |
| The company paid for Nicaragua's under-20 football team to travel to a tournament. | The company paid for Nicaragua's under-20 football team to travel to a tournament. |
| Mr Rocha was arrested in Switzerland and is contesting attempts to extradite him to the US. | |
| Costas Takkas | Costas Takkas |
| A British citizen, Mr Takkas is closely linked to Jeffrey Webb, and worked as an attache to the Concacaf president. | A British citizen, Mr Takkas is closely linked to Jeffrey Webb, and worked as an attache to the Concacaf president. |
| Mr Takkas, 58, also worked alongside Mr Webb in the Cayman Islands, as general secretary of its football association. | Mr Takkas, 58, also worked alongside Mr Webb in the Cayman Islands, as general secretary of its football association. |
| He was arrested in Switzerland and is contesting attempts to extradite him to the US. | |
| Nicolas Leoz | |
| Nicolas Leoz, 86, resigned from Fifa's powerful executive committee on "health and personal" grounds in 2013. | |
| In November 2010, the Paraguayan official was accused by the BBC's Panorama programme of taking bribes in the 1990s from the now defunct sports rights agency ISL. | |
| In 2011, former English Football Association chairman Lord Triesman alleged that Mr Leoz had asked for a knighthood in return for supporting England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup. | |
| Mr Leoz denied both allegations and Fifa later cleared him of demanding a knighthood. | |
| It was later reported that one of Mr Leoz's aides proposed to the England 2018 bid team that Mr Leoz could be tempted into visiting Britain if the FA Cup was renamed in his honour. | |
| He is under house arrest in Paraguay. | |
| Alejandro Burzaco | |
| Fifty-year-old Argentine Alejandro Burzaco is president of sports marketing company Torneos y Competencias. | |
| The US Department of Justice alleges that Mr Burzaco conspired to win and keep hold of lucrative media rights contracts from regional football federations by paying up to $110m (£72m) in bribes. | |
| Mr Burzaco, who also has Italian citizenship, gave himself up at a police station in Bolzano, near Italy's northern border with Switzerland, on 9 June. | |
| He is currently under house arrest at the property he was renting in the Italian town. | |
| Hugo and Mariano Jinkis | |
| US prosecutors accuse Argentines Hugo Jinkis, 70, and his son Mariano, 40, of the same crime as Mr Burzaco - paying bribes to win and keep media rights contracts from regional football federations. | |
| They own a sports company called Full Play, which is based in Argentina. | |
| Their whereabouts are unknown but local reports suggest they are in Argentina and could soon hand themselves into police. | |
| Aaron Davidson | |
| Aaron Davidson, 44, is the president of Traffic Sports USA, a football event company that has previously managed Concacaf matches. | |
| Like Burzaco and the Jinkises, he is accused of paying bribes to secure marketing rights to football tournaments. | |
| On paying bribes, he was allegedly recorded telling a co-conspirator: "Is it illegal? It is illegal. Within the big picture of things, a company that has worked in this industry for 30 years, is it bad? It is bad." | |
| He pleaded not guilty in a New York court on 29 May on charges including racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering, and was released on bail. | |
| Jose Margulies | |
| Jose Margulies, also known as Jose Lazaro, is a 75-year-old Brazilian broadcasting executive. | |
| He allegedly served as an intermediary to facilitate the paying of bribes between sports marketing companies and Fifa officials. | |
| He is yet to be arrested and his whereabouts are unclear, although some reports suggest he is in Germany. |