While FIFA corruption has been an open secret for decades, we're probably going to see most of these guys walk, simply because the US doesn't have jurisdiction over the activities of an international organization that don't happen here, particularly when they don't involve US citizens. NONE of those actually arrested are US citizens, and most if not all awaiting arrest (see the NYT link through the ESPN article) aren't, either. So they're probably going to get off because the US doesn't have jurisdiction over the activities of non-citizens that occurs on foreign soil. Unless, that is, prosecutors can prove that the offenses actually took place here, which is HIGHLY unlikely.
And whether anyone agrees with me or not, one amazing result of all of this is that the sitting FIFA president, under whom the corruption problem got REALLY bad, was left alone by the Swiss LEOs conducting this sting.
http://www.espnfc.com/world-cup-soccer/ ... tscenterFB
EDIT: Later on in the article, the authors mention that Congress has given federal prosecutors wide latitude in processing charges against international terrorists for crimes "against the US" on foreign soil where the link is as tenuous as the use of a US bank to process funds. It remains to be seen if this is how the alleged corruption occurred. If that IS the case, we could see a conviction, as prosecutors have had some success under these circumstances against suspected terrorists. While this is clearly not a terrorist situation, and the Swiss government generally balks at extradition on tax cases, this is more of a general crimes case, with which the Swiss generally are more amenable to extradition. We might well see some action on this FIFA corruption, then....
