FIFA Officials Arrested, Swiss Police, Alfredo Hawit and Juan Angel Napout

More FIFA arrests have been made. Not for the first time, and probably not for the last time. Unfortunately, this sort of thing as become all too commonplace for the governing body that runs the world's most popular sport. According to CNN, Swiss police have arrested two FIFA officials on suspicion of accepting "millions of dollars" in bribes. The officials in question are reported to be Alfredo Hawit, the president of CONCACAF (governing body for North and Central America, as well as the Caribbean), and Juan Angel Napout, the president of CONMEBOL (governing body of South America).

Early Thursday morning, Swiss police were seen leading the pair away in a raid at the luxury Baur au Lac hotel in downturn Zurich (coincidentally, the same hotel where the arrests were made on May 27 that sparked the whole FIFA corruption stuff, and a place where pillows are stuffed with gold instead of feathers).

According to CNN, The arrests were part of an operation requested by U.S. authorities.  The U.S. Department of Justice, meanwhile, prepares to announce a new round of charges against multiple officials and executives tied to alleged corruption at FIFA.

CNN had this statement:

"On the instructions of the (Swiss) Federal Office of Justice, a further two FIFA officials were arrested in Zurich today," the statement read.

"They are being held in custody pending their extradition. According to U.S. arrest requests, they are suspected of accepting bribes of millions of dollars."

The United States were in the position to be able to make the arrests because some of the transactions, as well as bank accounts, were done and held on U.S. soil. The U.S. has been keen to come down hard on FIFA officials ever since the initial arrests were made back in May.

In the wake of the arrests, FIFA released this statement:

"FIFA will continue to cooperate fully with the U.S. investigation as permitted by Swiss law, as well as with the investigation being led by the Swiss Office of the Attorney General. FIFA will have no further comment on today's developments."