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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Yep. America is characterized as a corrupt plutocracy, but these big international sports scandals always seem to involve oily European aristocrats. There seems to be an acceptance in Europe that the high reaches of international sports are run by bribes and vote-buying.
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Nationalities of people arrested today - Cayman Islands (x2), Uruguay, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Brazil
Nationalities of people indicted - Argentina (x3), Paraguay, Brazil, USA and Trinidad & Tobago
Not saying that there aren't Europeans involved in this (there likely are) but framing it as a solely European issue is a big stretch.