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Whistleblower of Football Leaks in Budapest arrested

The Hungarian police arrested on Wednesday evening, a 30-year-old Portuguese. The Portuguese law enforcement authorities had obtained against the accused, a Eur

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Whistleblower of Football Leaks in Budapest arrested

The Hungarian police arrested on Wednesday evening, a 30-year-old Portuguese. The Portuguese law enforcement authorities had obtained against the accused, a European arrest warrant, among other things, allegations of illegal obtaining of data. The Portuguese authorities seek his extradition.

William Bourdon, the French lawyer of the Detainees, described his client as a "great European Whistleblower and part of Football Leaks". He stated in a media release that it was the Detainees to Rui Pedro Gonçalves Pinto. His client is the world I want to run the criminal activities in football.

Pinto got him, as well as a Portuguese and a Hungarian lawyer engaged. William Bourdon had represented in the past, Edward Snowden, as well as the prominent banking Whistleblower Hervé Falciani and Antoine Deltour.

The German news magazine "der Spiegel" and the Research network "European Investigative Collaborations" (EIC), for more than two years of research, based on records of the unveiling platform Football Leaks. The title of the publishing house Tamedia are involved as a Swiss network Partner at the research. For reasons of the protection of whistle-blowers mirrors and EIC do not comment in principle on the identity of possible sources for your research.

investigations against Ronaldo

The Portuguese authorities Pinto in addition to data theft before the throw even attempted extortion. The lawyers explain, however, the attempt to criminalise their clients, was a "paradox". The revelations of Football Leaks about questionable transactions in professional football have led to investigations in various countries, among other things, against world star Cristiano Ronaldo. Information from the data allowed a number of States to prosecute serious cases of tax evasion. Rui Pinto have received "threats," his lawyers, in their Communiqué: "a number of actors from the world of football have been put on him to make him silenced." You will now do everything to prevent his extradition to Portugal. The lawyers stress that Rui Pinto as a Whistleblower sun, in particular for the protection of the law.

supports The American Foundation "The Signal", the Whistleblower, has assured the imprisoned Portuguese. (Editorial Tamedia)

Created: 17.01.2019, 17:44 PM

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