4. The Network
AI

4. The Network

AI

The FIFA Files by Open Source Network

Episode notes

A spreadsheet. Rows of wire transfers. $50,000 here, $200,000 there, $3 million in a single transfer. Each line is a bribe. Each bribe bought a vote, a contract, a silence. This is the network behind the men who were arrested.

In this episode:

  • The sports-marketing executives who built the corruption infrastructure — and pleaded guilty to it
  • The money trail across continents: Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Miami
  • The national football associations that took the money — and what it meant for grassroots football in the countries that needed funding most
  • Who flipped, who fought, and who fled in the eighteen months after the Zurich arrests

Key documents cited:

  • US Department of Justice superseding indictment, December 2015
  • Second Circuit Court of Appeals opinion
  •  ... 
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