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Nary a meeting of top FIFA officials seems to go by without more of them ending up in handcuffs.

Acting on behalf of the United States Department of Justice, Swiss authorities on Thursday morning arrested a number of FIFA officials at the Baur au Lac Hotel in Zurich, The New York Times' Sam Borden, Rebecca R. Ruiz and Matt Apuzzo report. Swiss police took action in between the first and second days of meetings of FIFA's powerful Executive Committee.

The U.S. Dept. of Justice will hold a press conference Thursday to announce indictments and other specifics in the new round of arrests.

Swiss police are expected to arrest 16 people. Among those already in custody are CONCACAF President Alfredo Hawit and COMNEBOL President Juan Ángel Napout. Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter isn't believed to be included among the new round of arrests.

The Baur au Lac Hotel is the same facility at which several soccer officials and sports marketing executives were arrested in May on charges of corruption and rackateering.

Thumbnail photo via Walter Bieri/Keystone/The Associated Press