The United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has not sent any request for mutual legal assistance from the justice department in its investigation of the 2010 FIFA World Cup scandal, the department said on Wednesday.
"In June 2015, the USA's legal attaché merely sent a copy of their indictment with a covering letter wherein they were bringing to our attention the contents thereof and looking forward to a continued partnership with our department as we have a bilateral [agreement] on such matters," spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga said in a statement.
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