FIFA official Costas Takkas extradited to the US

Costas Takkas, former secretary-general of the Cayman Islands Football Association, has been extradited from Switzerland to the United States as part of a crackdown on alleged corruption in football. Only one FIFA official remains in Swiss custody. Two US police officers took charge of Takkas in Zurich on Tuesday and accompanied him on the flight to New York, the Federal Office of Justice said in a statement. Costas Takkas, a British citizen, was arrested in Zurich along with six other FIFA officials on May 27, 2015, on the basis of an arrest request from the US. Zurich-based FIFA is world football’s governing body. US authorities accuse Takkas of accepting millions of dollars in bribes on behalf of Jeffrey Webb, the president of CONCACAF (the Confederation of North and Central American and Caribbean Association Football), in exchange for awarding marketing rights for the World Cup 2018 and 2022 qualifiers to an American sports marketing company. The Federal Office ...