Rui Pinto and Football Leaks: Whistleblower Acquitted in Portugal
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Violation of the European Convention on Human Rights and fundamental legal principles: A court in Portugal has dismissed charges against the founder of "Football Leaks." But the public prosecutor's office is not giving up. Source link: https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/rui-pinto-und-football-leaks-freispruch-fuer-den-whistleblower-in-portugal-a-63b531a7-d225-4b8e-94b4-8efe373213b9#ref=rss Author: Publish date: 2026-05-05 18:07:00 Copyright f…
Infringement of the Convention on Human Rights and the Basic Legal Principles: A court in Portugal has refused an indictment against the founder of the football leaks. However, the prosecutor's office does not want to give up.
Luís Rosa and Paulo Saragoça da Matta discuss the consequences of the acquittal of former hacker Rui Pinto in his second trial and the potential need for a system of plea bargaining.
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...
The court in Portugal has dismissed a new case against Rui Pinto (37), who is known for the document leak "Football Leaks".
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 …
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