Hour after hour in a New York City courtroom, the schemes to corrupt world soccer are spilling out.
World Cup bribes, death threats: Corrupt world of FIFA
The millions of dollars in "inducements" to secure contracts to televise matches. The bribes sought by FIFA executives with the power to determine World Cup hosts. The death threats for cooperating with investigators.
It took the intervention of the U.S. Department of Justice to disrupt years of embezzlement by officials who abused roles in the global soccer governing body, FIFA, to enjoy a gilded lifestyle.