Fifa scandal deepens with 16 indicted for graft
They include confederation heads Juan Angel Napout and Alfredo Hawit, suspected of accepting millions in bribes
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THE multi-million dollar corruption scandal engulfing Fifa widened on Thursday with 16 people indicted by US justice officials who pledged an unremitting crackdown on an "outrageous" betrayal of trust.
The latest dramatic twist in a long-running saga began with a dawn raid on a luxury Zurich hotel where Swiss authorities arrested South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) president Juan Angel Napout, and Alfredo Hawit, head of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean (Concacaf).
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