On Wednesday, FIFA confirmed that its disciplinary committee has launched an investigation on the incident, which was caught on international television. The probe was opened just hours after the end of Tuesday's match in Natal. FIFA has reportedly asked Uruguayan team officials to provide their evidence by 8PM GMT on Wednesday.
FIFA recently announced that it would be investigating allegations of Suarez biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini towards the end of the latter's team's 1-0 victory.
When Brazilian striker Fred scored a goal after 49 minutes into the game, millions of viewers thought that the assistant referee in the game had made the wrong call. During a replay of that moment on FIFA TV, a graphic showed the offside line from the position of a Cameroon player and not of the Brazilian striker.
The Associated Press said that this is the eight week-long operation, of which this year had unfolded in 106 cities. The FBI declared that their initiative so far has saved around 3,600 children from the streets.
