Nich’s Reviews > Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal > Status Update

Gaeta learned a trick to get people to talk as he spent many years working Italian Mafia cases. One one which was where he went up to the door, acting like he didn't know anything and give him his business card. Little does the guy know that his phone is already tapped. It doesn't take long for him to make a call to his boss.

Russia really wanted to host the 2018 World Cup. They began to negotiate with Qatar. Russia said they would vote for them in 2022 if they voted for them to host in 2018. Lord David Triesman was caught planning to bribe the 2010 World Cup referees in favor of Spain.

South Africa is not wealthy. They hosted the 2010 World Cup, but they spent about $3 billion on public expenses. South Africa has never been a formidable soccer power.

The countries that had the most competition against each other to host the 2018 World Cup were England and Russia. The countries fighting to host the 2022 World Cup were the United States, Australia, and Qatar. In 2014, Russia had won the Winter Olympics and had much economic growth.

Soccer has grown around the world in many countries to be as powerful a social and cultural institution as the church and the government. Championships are held year-round, but the one everyone loves is the World Cup.

Later the case finally became public. They now had seven soccer officials arrested from an early morning raid in Switzerland. Critics said America should not try to enforce law on foreign countries. Prosecutors did their best to only focus on things that happened on American soil and with the American financial system.

The soccer official, Blazer, had other bank accounts in foreign countries which was a felon. Berryman wanted to be in on this case, so he went to Santa Ana's office to ask about it. She said an agent in New York is open to it, so he has the green light.

Steve Berryman is a special agent for the IRS. He got a notification on his phone under the search term of bribery. Apparently, there is a soccer official who has $500,000 in suspicious payments over the past 15 years.