Former FBI boss probing bribery claims

ZURICH, Switzerland (CMC):

FIFA's investigation into bribery allegations against Jack Warner and Mohamed bin Hammam have deepened.

Britain's Daily Telegraph reported that Louis Freeh, the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States, was appointed last week, and is working under the direction of the FIFA Ethics Committee to delve into the allegations.

The news-paper said that since Freeh opened the investigation last week, a number of national associations present at a meeting in Trinidad and Tobago, at which US$1 million in bribes are alleged to have been offered, have made contact.

Freeh has apparently begun interviewing witnesses who attended the Caribbean Football Union meeting, including those who provided statements and sworn affidavits to the original investigation ordered by American FIFA executive committee member Chuck Blazer.

Bin Hammam and Warner have been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation into the allegations - but they have both denied any wrongdoing.