美國準備逮捕更多FIFA腐敗案涉案者

The United States has warned it is planning to make further arrests as its criminal investigation into Fifa deepens.

隨着對國際足聯(FIFA)展開的刑事調查不斷深入，美國已警告稱，打算逮捕更多涉案人物。

“We do anticipate bringing additional charges against individuals and entities,” said Loretta Lynch, the US attorney-general, while declining to outline a timetable.

美國司法部長洛蕾塔霠奇(Loretta Lynch)表示：“我們的確準備對更多個人和機構提出指控。”但她拒絕給出時間表。

Football’s governing body was shaken by a series of dawn raids in Zurich ahead of the annual Fifa congress in May.

今年5月召開年會前夕，一連串拂曉時分發起的突擊搜查震撼了這家足球管理機構。

Ms Lynch said her investigation had expanded since then. “Thirteen of the 14 defendants we charged have been arrested. Three are in the US and have been arraigned in a court in Brooklyn. Ten others are in Switzerland and three other countries,” she said.

林奇表示，自那以來，她負責的調查已經擴大。“在我們指控的14名被告中，有13人已被逮捕。其中3人現在美國，已在布魯克林一家法院被控告。另外10人現在瑞士和其他3個國家，”她表示。

Ms Lynch declined to comment on whether Sepp Blatter, the current president of Fifa, is a target.

至於國際足聯現主席塞普布拉特(Sepp Blatter)是否會成爲目標，林奇拒絕發表意見。

As a Swiss, Mr Blatter cannot be extradited from Switzerland. While Mr Blatter has insisted that he is “clean” and “an honest man”, he has also said he will not “risk” travelling to any countries with an extradition treaty with the US while the investigation continues.

作爲一名瑞士人，布拉特是不能被從瑞士引渡到美國的。儘管布拉特堅稱自己是“清白的”、是“一個誠實的人”，但他也表示，在調查尚未結束前，他不會“冒險”前往任何與美國簽有引渡協議的國家。

Asked if she would try to arrest him if he stepped outside his homeland, Ms Lynch said: “I’m not going to comment on individuals who will be subject of the next round of arrests so I cannot give you information about Mr Blatter’s travel plans.”

在被問到如果布拉特離開瑞士、自己是否會設法逮捕他時，林奇表示：“我不會就那些將成爲下一輪逮捕對象的個人置評，所以，我不能向你們提供有關布拉特出行計劃的信息。”

Meanwhile, Ms Lynch’s Swiss counterpart Michael Lauber, said that a separate investigation into possible corruption during the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup had led officials to search some Swiss houses and confiscate other properties in the Swiss Alps.

另一方面，瑞士司法部長邁克爾勞貝爾(Michael Lauber)表示，另一起針對2018年和2022年世界盃(World Cup)申辦期間可能存在的腐敗行爲展開的調查，已促使瑞士官方搜查了一些瑞士的住所，並沒收了另一些在瑞士阿爾卑斯山的房產。

Mr Lauber said his investigation was “not yet at the half-time stage” and that it was extremely “time-consuming”.

勞貝爾表示，他負責的調查“還沒進行到一半”，調查極其“耗時”。

He added that he had received a document last Sunday showing Mr Blatter’s signature on a 2005 contract to sell a set of television rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups to the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) for $600,000. Jack Warner, the former head of the CFU, then sold the rights on for an estimated $18m to $20m.

他補充道，他上週日已收到一份文件，該文件顯示，布拉特在2005年一份以60萬美元把2010年和2014年世界盃一攬子電視轉播權出售給加勒比海足聯(CFU)的合同上籤了字。加勒比海足聯前主席傑克丠納(Jack Warner)後來以1800萬至2000萬美元的價格轉賣了這一轉播權。