AP Source: FIFA vice-president Ahmad detained in Paris

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PARIS - A person familiar with the situation says FIFA vice-president Ahmad has been detained in Paris, a day before the start of the Women's World Cup.

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PARIS – A person familiar with the situation says FIFA vice-president Ahmad has been detained in Paris, a day before the start of the Women’s World Cup.

The person says the African Football Confederation president was detained for questioning on Thursday morning in the French capital. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the situation publicly.

African news outlet Jeune Afrique first reported that Ahmad had been detained as part of a corruption investigation.

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2018 file photo, Confederation of African Football president Ahmad Ahmad of Madagascar, right, and FIFA president Gianni Infantino attend the opening of the Confederation of African Football general assembly in Casablanca, Morocco. FIFA vice president Ahmad was detained by French authorities on Thursday June 6, 2019 in the latest criminal investigation to hit soccer's governing body. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2018 file photo, Confederation of African Football president Ahmad Ahmad of Madagascar, right, and FIFA president Gianni Infantino attend the opening of the Confederation of African Football general assembly in Casablanca, Morocco. FIFA vice president Ahmad was detained by French authorities on Thursday June 6, 2019 in the latest criminal investigation to hit soccer's governing body. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar, File)

FIFA has struggled to move on from the corruption crisis that erupted with officials being arrested in May 2015. Four years later, FIFA president Gianni Infantino told members in Paris on Wednesday that now “nobody talks about scandals. Nobody talks about corruption.”

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