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Why Chilean Thieves Are Robbing Your Favourite Athletes
Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes, and more NBA and NFL stars have been targeted by high-tech Chilean gangs for over a decade. The FBI is now collaborating…
 • Chris Dalby
Ticket Touts Beware - Can UK’s Watered-Down Legislation Stop Ridiculous Match Prices?
With organised crime taking over ticket touting in much of the UK, the Labour government's legislation may struggle to make a difference.
 • Chris Dalby
How Brazil’s Largest Drug Trafficking Gang Launders Money Through Portuguese Football Clubs
Operators for Brazil's notorious PCC gang are allegedly seeking to buy lower-division clubs to launder illicit funds.
 • Chris Dalby
Why Do Ecuadorean Players Keep Being Gunned Down?
The murders of Jonathan González, Wil Maicol Valencia Vernaza and Leandro Yépez are further evidence to how organised crime is zeroing on the profits to…
 • Chris Dalby
Fake Agents Traffic Thousands of Players from Africa a Year - Super-Agent Speaks Out
Young players in Africa stake their money, their reputation, their lives on making it big in Europe. Erkut Sogut speaks out
 • Chris Dalby
M.S. Dhoni's 11 Year Battle for Match-Fixing Justice Finally Goes to Court (Free Article)
The Indian cricketing legend is suing news companies, a journalist, and a police officer for allegedly dragging his name through the mud.
 • Chris Dalby
The Conveyor Belt of Age Fraud from Guinea-Bissau into Europe
At least 75 players are currently playing at high levels across Europe under fake ages, facilitated by shady agents and Portuguese clubs who looked the…
 • Paulo Curado
UEFA Really Doesn't Like Norwegian Fans Calling It a Mafia
Norwegian club SK Brann took UEFA to court after being fined for its fans calling UEFA a Mafia. It won. But the fines keep coming. We explain why.
 • Chris Dalby
Bags of Feces and Ignored Warnings - An Evening of Horror in Buenos Aires
Police stood by last week as Chilean and Argentine fans ripped into each other. This will not help the countries' joint 2030 World Cup bid.
 • César Mendoza
Five Warning Signs for Future of Multi-Club Ownership
Two new studies reveal in great depth the intricacies of how MCOs are taking over the Premier League. The Sports and Crime Briefing tells you everything…
 • Chris Dalby
Who Benefits? The Gambian Football Deal Splitting Clubs and Sponsors
Nigerian data scouts Afriskaut promised great things for the international exposure of Gambian players. But the cost was far too high.
 • Baboucarr Fallaboweh
Where is Cardoso Varela? How a Portuguese Prodigy's Career Went Off the Rails
After taking Portugal to the U17 Euro Championship final, Varela, 16, vanished amid dubious agents, a strange transfer request to Croatia, and an…
 • Chris Dalby
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