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  1. November 22, 2017

    3 Highlights From The FIFA Corruption Trial So Far

    More than two years after U.S. authorities rocked the world of international soccer by unveiling a global corruption investigation into it, the first trial stemming from the investigation kicked off in a federal court in Brooklyn this month, providing a clearer picture of the alleged corruption, while bringing witness intimidation allegations akin to a mob trial. Here, Law360 looks at three highlights from the first two weeks of the trial.

  2. November 21, 2017

    Ex-Ecuador Soccer Boss' Son Says He Helped Launder Bribes

    The son of the former leader of Ecuador's national soccer organization told jurors at the FIFA corruption trial on Tuesday about laundering his father's kickbacks from a sports marketing company, and choked up empathizing with other ex-soccer officials who are on trial.

  3. November 18, 2017

    Alleged Threat Against Witness Holds Up FIFA Bribery Trial

    A Brooklyn federal judge overseeing the FIFA corruption trial held off on Friday on expected testimony from a government witness over allegations he was threatened on the stand by one of the defendants, who is accused of making a throat-slitting gesture after the defendant's attorney said it may force him to move for a mistrial.

  4. November 16, 2017

    FIFA Witness Estimates He Agreed To Pay $160M In Bribes

    A former sports media and marketing executive estimated Thursday during cross-examination in the FIFA corruption trial that he and his company had agreed to pay around 30 individuals approximately $160 million in bribes to control South American soccer marketing rights, the revelation of which provided a clearer picture of the scope of alleged corruption in international soccer. 

  5. November 15, 2017

    FIFA Defendant Threatened Witness At Trial, Prosecutors Say

    Tensions rose in the FIFA corruption trial on Wednesday as prosecutors asked a federal judge to place one of the defendants in jail during the trial after he allegedly made a "slicing motion across his throat" at a government witness who testified that the defendant and other soccer officials agreed to take millions of dollars in bribes.

  6. November 13, 2017

    Execs 'Abused The System,' Jury Told As FIFA Trial Kicks Off

    Three former South American soccer officials "abused the system" of international soccer to "line their own pockets with money that should have been spent to benefit the game," a prosecutor told jurors in New York federal court Monday as the first trial in the U.S. government's FIFA corruption probe kicked off in earnest.

  7. November 07, 2017

    FIFA Corruption Trial: How We Got Here

    U.S. prosecutors rocked the world of international soccer in May 2015 when they unveiled a wide-ranging probe targeting several officials within FIFA and other North and South American soccer organizations. Now three defendants, all former South American officials who say they are not guilty in the probe, are going on trial in Brooklyn federal court in what is sure to provide a clearer picture of the inner workings of the sports organizations.

  8. November 06, 2017

    FIFA Trial Defendants: Who's Who

    Two years after U.S. authorities unveiled a wide-ranging FIFA corruption probe, the first trial is set to kick off Monday in Brooklyn federal court against three former South American officials at the highest levels of soccer administration. Here, Law360 takes a closer look at the three officials facing trial and the allegations against them.

  9. November 03, 2017

    FIFA Trial To Show Reach Of US Gov't In Corruption Probes

    Three former South American soccer officials are set to go on trial Monday in Brooklyn in the U.S. government's sprawling FIFA corruption probe, a trial that the sports world should watch closely for hints about how far the U.S. is willing to go to root out corruption in sports leagues.

  10. October 31, 2017

    Cayman Soccer 'Groupie' Given 15 Months In FIFA Case

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday sentenced the former general secretary of the Cayman Islands Football Association to 15 months in prison and ordered him to pay $3 million in restitution after he admitted to laundering millions of dollar in bribes as part of the sprawling FIFA corruption scandal.