Who's in it?
The Bagman Jean-Marie Weber who distributed $100 million in bribes to FIFA officials with his close associate, Sepp Blatter.
Click to see the envelope Photo: Jens Weinreich 
Rio’s Wedding of the Year: L to R: Gangster Castor Andrade, Ricardo Teixeira, the bride Carmen Lucia Andrade and FIFA boss João Havelange.
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What's in Andrew Jennings' new FIFA investigation? Confronting the Mafia in Palermo, tracking them to FIFA in Zurich, following the crime trail to Rio. Havelange’s ‘Hands-off my Gangster friend’ letter to Rio detectives and Judges. Transforming FIFA into an empire of racketeering & organising vast contract kickbacks. Havelange’s successor Sepp Blatter changes FIFA’s Ethics Code so his hired investigators cannot catch him. Germany’s bribes for 2006 World Cup stab Mandela in the back. Blatter exhumes family’s coffins, to avoid confrontation with detective investigating him. Bonus chapter – Rio, bribes and 2016 Olympics |
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In 2001 Congressman Aldo Rebelo and Senator Alvaro Dias both produced devastating investigation reports on how Brazilian football boss Ricardo Teixeira had squandered and misappropriated millions of dollars from sponsors Nike.
This convinced FIFA President Sepp Blatter and his consigliere Jérôme Valcke that Teixeira should be their choice to host the 2014 World Cup. Read Investigation Reports into Brazilian Corruption (Google translate)
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