The fall of the house of FIFA the multimillion-dollar corruption at the heart of global soccer
When Sepp Blatter joined FIFA in 1975 it had just twelve employees. Forty years later, the FBI have accused fourteen executives of forty-seven counts of money laundering, racketeering and tax evasion linked to kickbacks. This book tells the story of how football got big, how FIFA got corrupt and wha...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Nation Books,
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| Summary: | When Sepp Blatter joined FIFA in 1975 it had just twelve employees. Forty years later, the FBI have accused fourteen executives of forty-seven counts of money laundering, racketeering and tax evasion linked to kickbacks. This book tells the story of how football got big, how FIFA got corrupt and what this means for soccer fans around the world. |
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| Physical Description: | 328 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-312) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781568585963 1568585969 |
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