To sell and promote their product, drug dealers in Rio de Janeiro have organized cash-prize soccer matches — in an example of how even low-level criminals use Brazil’s soccer-mad culture …
Soccer Crime
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Although the Mexican soccer league has canceled the rest of its season, one of its most acclaimed clubs has remained in the headlines as three of its directors are being …
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With the Copa America soccer tournament nearing kickoff, authorities in Brazil have employed a number of tactics to ensure infamous fan-run gangs don’t spoil it. The measures may provide fans …
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BriefCriminal News
Clear Penalty as Colombian Soccer Star Netted for Drug Trafficking
by Jakob Kochby Jakob KochJhon Viáfara, a roving midfielder for Colombia’s national soccer team, was arrested on suspicion of seeking to export cocaine to the United States. This is but the latest in a …
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The arrest of businessman and former president of the Peruvian Soccer Federation, Edwin Oviedo, opens a new chapter in the profitable relationship between soccer and corruption in Latin America.
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AnalysisCriminal News
Why Can’t Argentina Control Its ‘Barras Bravas’?
by Elijah Jonesby Elijah JonesThe troubled road that led to one of Latin America’s most anticipated soccer finals being moved to Europe exposed, once again, the reach and influence of Argentina’s powerful fan-run gangs …
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Argentina Arrests Members of International Drug-Trafficking Soccer Hooligan Network
by Jakob Kochby Jakob KochThe arrest of several members of an international drug trafficking organization made up of soccer hooligans from Argentina and Colombia adds to the mounting evidence of the involvement of these groups …
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Authorities in the United States have sentenced two high-level soccer officials to jail time in relation to a widespread corruption scandal involving the world’s biggest soccer institution FIFA, but rooting …
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AnalysisCriminal News
How the US Took On the Mafia Running International Soccer
by Mason Garciaby Mason GarciaThe 2018 World Cup is about to end, but the case that unveiled a massive criminal conspiracy involving the international soccer organization FIFA is still ongoing.
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How Narcos Use World Cup Mania to Smuggle Cocaine
by Mason Garciaby Mason GarciaThe 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 most-loved sports.