The hall of FIFA headquarters is pictured after the Extraordinary FIFA Executive Committee Meeting in Zurich, Switzerland July 20, 2015. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/Files
Zurich/New York (Reuters) - The Swiss Attorney General’s Office will investigate a contract for media rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, two Swiss law enforcement officials said over the weekend.
The inquiry follows a television news report asserting that FIFA sold the rights for rates far below market to a Caribbean football organization, whose leader then resold them for much more.
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