Portugal urged to drop charges against “Football Leaks” whistleblower

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Hungarian authorities not extradite Rui Pinto, the Portuguese whistleblower behind the major “Football Leaks” revelations about illegal practices in the soccer industry, and calls on the Portuguese authorities to drop all proceedings against him. Arrested in Budapest on 16 January under a European warrant issued by Portugal that accuses him of “attempted extortion,” “data theft,” “illegal access” to information and “violating secrets,”

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