Rui Pinto will continue to receive witness protection for now after Portuguese officials paused plans to remove it. The special security programmes commission (CPES) admitted that he should have been allowed to make his case before the original decision was reached. The Manchester City whistleblower may now formally contest the proposed termination of his protection, […]
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Rui Pinto, whose disclosures contributed to the Premier League’s inquiry into Manchester City’s finances, is reportedly willing to assist UK authorities with any legal proceedings if he receives protection from potential threats. Although a crowdfunding campaign was launched on Friday to help him begin a new life after leaving Portuguese police protection, the whistleblower’s main […]
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More than 10 years after Rui Pinto launched the Football Leaks platform as part of a campaign inspired by the 2015 Fifa controversy, he is once again at the centre of an escalating dispute. The former history student, known for his distinctive spiked hair, once supplemented his income by selling books about the second world […]
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