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Making Sense of the FIFA Scandal

The past several weeks we’ve seen revelations of deep corruption inside FIFA,  the worldwide governing body for professional soccer. There’ve been allegations of extortion, racketeering and fraud that have been likened to the operations of organized crime. A story this big and complicated didn’t just happen overnight. We talk with The Pynter Institute's Kelly McBride about reporter Andrew Jennings’ book “Omertà: Sepp Blatter's FIFA Organised Crime Family” and how a dogged journalistic approach resulted in legal action.

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