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Several top FIFA officials were arrested on Wednesday morning on corruption charges as the leaders of the world soccer organization gathered for their annual meeting at the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich.

Swiss authorities made the arrests peacefully, according to The New York Times, escorting those involved out of the hotel behind a sheet for privacy. The officials will be extradited to the United States.

The early morning operation came as the result of a joint investigation between the FBI and the Department of Justice.

In a 47-count indictment, which was unsealed and posted to the DOJ website on Wednesday morning, nine FIFA officials and five corporate executives were indicted for racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies, which had been ongoing for more than two decades.