Swiss authorities arrested two FIFA vice presidents in a fresh wave of dawn raids in Zurich early on Thursday in a dramatic widening of the corruption scandal that has engulfed football's international governing body.

More than a dozen individuals were expected to face charges following the latest arrests, many of which took place at the same luxury hotel in Zurich raided by authorities in May.

Home base: FIFA's headquarters in Zurich. Credit:Getty Images

The two FIFA officials arrested are Alfredo Hawit, president of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), and Juan Angel Napout, president of CONMEBOL, the South American football confederation.

Hawit's predecessor, Jeffrey Webb, was arrested on corruption charges in Zurich in May, while former long-serving CONCACAF president Jack Warner handed himself into police in Trinidad after being indicted and charged with "wire fraud, racketeering and money laundering". Warner is on bail pending extradition to the US.