News in the
#Footballleaks
case: The Portuguese representative at Eurojust is the father of one of the top lawyers from the firm, which also
#Ronaldo
#Mourinho
advises, and many other
#Mendes
clients. He did not disclose the conflict of interest
During the last 6 Months Rui Pinto is under arrest in Portugal. There is no indictment yet against the
#FootballLeaks
-Whistleblower. This new book describes the story behind a 4 years project, for which
@RuiPinto_FL
is paying with his own freedom
Seit knapp 6 Monaten sitzt Rui Pinto in U-Haft in Portugal. Eine Anklage gegen den
#FootballLeaks
-Whistleblower gibt es immer noch nicht. In unserem neuen Buch beschreiben wir die Geschichte des fast 4 Jahre andauernden Projekts, für das Pinto momentan den höchsten Preis zahlt:
BREAKING INVESTIGATION: New documents show that Kering CEO validated a tax evasion scheme for
#Gucci
boss Marco Bizzarri, via offshore in Luxembourg and tax residence in Switzerland
#FashionLeaks
@EICnetwork
@mediapart
in French
'It Has Been the Same Shit for Years': Interview with
#FootballLeaks
Rui Pinto speaking for the first time about his last nine months spent in pre-trial detention and the 147 charges against him:
"Over the years, the European Parliament, media through Europe and many investigative authorities have reviewed my data, I am convinced that what I did I was the right thing."
#FootballLeaks
whistleblower Rui Pinto speaks to
@eicnetwork
via
@DerSPIEGEL
1/5More corruption exposed by Rui Pinto by sharing the
#luandaleaks
data with
@icijorg
: “only thanks to our client, Portuguese citizens and the world have access to the truth of an extraordinary system of predation and corruption, seriously damaging to Portugal, Angola and other”
For years,
#PremierLeague
clubs have been using the same trick to avoid tax payments. But tax authorities are starting to pursue the cases - and German star player Michael Ballack and agent José Mourinho have both attracted their attention
#FootballLeaks
Today a Hungarian judge ruled that
#FootballLeaks
whistleblower Rui Pinto should be transferred to Portugal. An appeal is ongoing. But what does that mean for the investigations that rely on data from
#FootballLeaks
? via
@SPIEGELONLINE
a great way to end another week of
#footballleaks
and a reminder of how difficult and long term this type of cross-border journalism is for everybody involved, from the source
@RuiPinto_FL
to the initiators
@Rafanelli
@derspiegel
to small groups of independent journalists 1/4
Doubts arise over impartiality of Portuguese member to Eurojust, as the European judicial cooperation institution prepares to share data on
#FootballLeaks
with prosecutors from nine countries, from
@destandaard
A judge has ruled
#FootballLeaks
whistleblower Rui Pinto should be shipped from Hungary to his native Portugal
Behind the Portuguese complaint against Pinto is a company with powerful contacts in professional football
via
@spiegelplus
Stop trolling
@blaz_zgaga
for asking information. Politicians, especially those in the highest positions of power, have no business in judging the qualities of journalists and should respect the freedom of the press to be critical
@rsf_inter
@ifex
@vonderleyen
Well, no single figure in Slovenian history has done more to discredit the journo community than this liar
@blaz_zgaga
. Not only is he a liar, he’s a liar about being a liar.”
@IFEX
#CongoHoldUp
the largest leak from the African continent to date, reveals how the commercial BGFIBank has been used to plunder the Democratic Republic of Congo’s public funds and natural resources, largely for the enrichment of former President Joseph Kabila’s inner circle.
#footballleaks
stories published by
@TheBlackSeaEU
based on documents from whistleblower
@RuiPinto_FL
can stay online. This is the decision by a second Romanian Court against Doyen, Tevfik Arif and Efendi Arif, rejecting their appeal against the Romanian Centre CRJI
After Panama and the Virgin Islands, Ronaldo has created a trust in the tax haven of Jersey
His agent Jorge Mendes is now subject to a European tax audit
New
@EICnetwork
investigation via
@mediapart
in French
#FootballLeaks
As Eurojust coordinates an investigation into the
#FootballLeaks
data, the impartiality of the Portuguese delegate to the Euro-wide body is under question from
@lesoir
#congoholdup
Consortium of Media and NGOs Stands in Solidarity with Correspondent Expelled from DRC.
@SoniaRolley
's expulsion from the DRC is a serious assault on freedom of the press and it sends an alarming message to other journalists 1/9
According to
@BegoPRamirez
Ramadani has now been charged with money laundering and crimes against the Public Treasury. The investigation began after information provided by Football Leaks in 2016
@RuiPinto_FL
For eight months, it has seemed impossible for Kathryn
#Mayorga
's lawyers to file a civil lawsuit to
#Ronaldo
In his criminal case, he can't duck away so easily. The US judiciary now wants
#FootballLeaks
to hear-whistleblower Rui Pinto
#thread
👇🏻 On Sunday, June 4, 2017, a sample arrived at the doping laboratory in Seibersdorf, a town in Austria just south of Vienna. It bore the code number 3324822 and had arrived from Wales.
Manchester City and PSG have reaped tens of millions of euros through disputed sponsorship deals. Documents show football authorities agreed the arrangements despite advice from independent experts
#footballLeaks
BREAKING INVESTIGATION: How Gucci and French owner Kering used a Swiss bypass to save up to 2.5 billion Euro in tax, drawing in some of the top names in haute couture
@eicnetwork
investigation via
@theblackseaeu
@mediapart
#FashionLeaks
in English
How the Italian boss of Florentine brand Gucci organised his taxes in Italy - with a company in Luxembourg and a residence in Switzerland
#FashionLeaks
in Italian via
@espressonline
We request that
@RFI
,
@RSF_inter
,
@Reuters
, and
@CPJAfrica
urgently engage on this blatant attack on the freedom of the press, give their full support to Sonia and ask
#RDC
authorities to take appropriate actions to guarantee the freedom of the press 9/9
Nine countries met to launch a European judicial cooperation based on
#FootballLeaks
, at the initiative of France, to whom the whistleblower Rui Pinto provided 12 million files
How Renault and Peugeot-Citroen inflated prices of spare parts thanks to a miracle software - and cashed in up to 1.5 billion Euro over ten years
New
@EICnetwork
investigation via
@mediapart
in French
In 2011, a Russian billionaire set out to rescue the ailing AS Monaco. He invested in top players and invited government, police and justice officials to matches. He handed out both gifts and jobs. Last week he was charged with corruption
#FootballLeaks
Following
@eicnetwork
revelations into Lionel Messi Tax Scandal, the Union of Tax Experts in Spain's Ministry of Finance (Gestha) calls for legal change to remove points from clubs in Spanish league guilty of serial tax fraud
#FootballLeaks
#Messi
#breaking
New
#FootballLeaks
revelations: Secret documents show Manchester City «parking» young talent in Africa and countering FIFA's transfer rules with the help of an academy.
Neue Football-Leaks-Enthüllungen: Geheime Dokumente zeigen, wie Manchester City in Afrika junge Talente "parkt" und mit Hilfe einer Akademie die Transferregeln der FIFA konterkariert.
#FootballLeaks
#ManchesterCity
#FIFA
@eicnetwork
Breaking News: Jose Mourinho Tax Case sees Man United Boss ready to pay 800,000 Euro, avoiding prison.
#FootballLeaks
follow-up report via
@espressonline
in Italian