ZURICH — Switzerland's Attorney General Michael Lauber wants FIFA to hand over emails used by Jerome Valcke, its secretary general who was suspended last week. Valcke was implicated by a FIFA ticketing partner in using his FIFA and Google email accounts to discuss a 2014 World Cup black market tickets deal. Lauber's spokesman Andre Marty tells the Associated Press the prosecutor asked FIFA lawyers to release Valcke's correspondence. Marty says: "I can confirm that we now want to have access to these sealed email accounts." So far, Marty says: "FIFA didn't deliver this email information." Valcke denies a ticket agent's claims he sought cash from marked-up sales of tickets for matches in Brazil. Lauber is investigating possible criminal mismanagement and money laundering in FIFA's business, including the 2018-2022 World Cup bidding contests. Japanese still expect FIFA meeting Japan The president of the Japanese football association still expects FIFA's next executive committee meeting to take place in Japan, despite a decision by soccer's ruling body to reconsider its original plan during this week's session in Zurich. The meeting had previously been scheduled for Dec. 17-18 during the Club World Cup in Japan. However, FIFA announced Tuesday that the "place and date" would be decided this week, surprising some officials in Zurich. JFA President Kuniya Daini told the Associated Press Wednesday through a translator he "hasn't heard anything official" about where the event will take place, but expects it to be in Japan. Hosting the meeting at the home of FIFA in Zurich would significantly diminish the risk of arrests, including of FIFA President Sepp Blatter, amid separate US and Swiss investigations into corruption in world soccer. Football officials have been reluctant to visit countries which have an extradition treaty with the United States, which spearheaded the main investigation earlier this year. — Agencies
