FIFA’s Red Card

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FIFA’s Red Card

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Jun 27, 2018

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Ken Bensinger discusses his fascinating book, Red Card, and the decades of misconduct by FIFA eventually uncovered by the FBI. We play “violation bingo” as Ken describes the bribery, self-dealing, conflicts of interest and money-laundering that were business as usual at FIFA.

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Jun 27, 2018

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