Soccer Crime
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How the US Took On the Mafia Running International Soccer
The 2018 World Cup is about to end, but the case that unveiled a massive criminal conspiracy involving the international soccer organization FIFA is still...
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How Narcos Use World Cup Mania to Smuggle Cocaine
The use of World Cup merchandise to smuggle cocaine around the world points to a longstanding relationship between drug trafficking and soccer, one of the world’s...
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Weekly InSight: How Organized Crime Has Tarnished the World Cup
In our June 14 Facebook Live session, Senior Investigator Héctor Silva Ávalos and Senior Editor Mike LaSusa discussed the opening of the 2018 World Cup and the...
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Soccer: The Tainted King of Sports Takes the World Stage
The Russia 2018 World Cup has begun. But behind the much awaited games are the stains of corruption and ties to organized crime tarnishing the most popular, and...
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Argentina Strike Sheds Light on Union’s ‘Mafia Style’ Operations
An upcoming strike of the largest union conglomerate in Argentina is shedding light on labor groups’ criminal relationships and “mafia style” operations, as a...
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Argentina Soccer Crime Case Shows Evolution of Hooligan Groups
A new round of arrests and charges in an unfolding racketeering case in Argentina involving a criminalized soccer fan club, or "barra brava,"...
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Latin America Media Giants Implicated in FIFA Corruption Scandal
Testimony in an ongoing trial in a US court has implicated two of Latin America's biggest media companies in the wide-ranging FIFA corruption scandal, highlighting...
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US Trial Against LatAm Officials in FIFA Corruption Scandal Kicks Off
A much-anticipated trial involving alleged corruption by Latin American officials tied to the world's most powerful soccer institution kicked off this week in the...
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Argentina ‘Narco-Rice’ Investigation Turns Towards Soccer
Authorities in Argentina are investigating everything from soccer matches and players' rights to investments in a crematorium as part of the second phase of an...
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Are Argentina Soccer Hooligans Expanding Their Criminal Portfolio?
Reports indicate that one of Argentina's criminalized soccer hooligan groups known as "barras bravas" provided muscle for an extortion ring in Buenos Aires,...
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Biggest US Sanctions Target Mexico Narco You’ve Never Heard Of
The DEA has announced what it claims is the largest kingpin designation ever made against a Mexican drug trafficker and criminal organization with virtually no...
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Uruguay’s ‘Barras Bravas’ Have Become Cartels: Soccer Official
A high-level soccer official in Uruguay said recently that the country's organized fan clubs have begun operating like criminal organizations, indicating the...
