Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko attends a news conference in Moscow September 30, 2012. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss authorities on Wednesday opened criminal proceedings against individuals on suspicion of mismanagement and money laundering related to the award of rights to host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA soccer World Cups in Russia and Qatar.
Switzerland's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) also said in a statement it had seized data and documents stored in computer systems at FIFA.
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