The Judicial Harassment of the Whistleblower of the " Football Leaks" Finally Recognized

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Rui Pinto, who exposed the worst aspects of football through 70 million documents, was acquitted at the end of his second hacking trial in Portugal. The charges against him...

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The court in Portugal has dismissed a new case against Rui Pinto (37), who is known for the document leak "Football Leaks".

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This is a great victory for Rui Pinto, the informant behind the revelations of Football Leaks, research by the European Research Collaborations (EIC) network and a multitude of European media, including infoFree, on the dark ins and outs of the football business. On 29 April, at the end of his second trial, the 37-year-old Portuguese was acquitted by the Lisbon court. This is his second computer piracy trial, after having been sentenced to four …