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Swiss prosecutor launches criminal probe of FIFA chief Infantino
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In a statement, authorities said special prosecutor Stefan Keller"has reached the conclusion that...there are indications of criminal conduct" in relation to meetings between Infantino, Lauber and another official, Rinaldo Arnold.

Lauber resigned last week over his handling of a corruption investigation targeting world football's troubled governing body.Two such meetings were initially exposed in 2018 by"Football Leaks", a cross-border investigation by several European news organisations.Lauber was in charge of Switzerland's probe into the corruption scandal that exploded at the heart of FIFA in 2015.

"FIFA officials have met with prosecutors in other jurisdictions across the world for exactly these purposes. Lauber, 54, has denied accusations that he lied about the meetings but is also under criminal investigation.

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