French football HQ raided in Blatter case

BERN, Switzerland — Swiss authorities say evidence has been seized in a search at the French football federation headquarters for their criminal case against former FIFA president Sepp Blatter.

The office of Switzerland’s attorney general says the governing body for French football consented to the search carried out Tuesday with the cooperation of the French Financial Prosecution Office.

Criminal proceedings were opened against Blatter last September for suspected financial mismanagement over a two million Swiss franc (£1.35m) payment he approved from FIFA funds for Michel Platini in 2011.

The Swiss attorney general’s office says “documents were seized in connection with the suspected payment.”

Blatter and Platini were both banned from football for six years after an investigation by FIFA’s ethics committee.

They deny wrongdoing and are appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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