巴西世界杯售票官员涉嫌倒票被捕

较难

高中一年级

新闻报道

社会

巴西世界杯合作伙伴RayWhelan因为涉嫌参与倒卖门票被捕。警方已经将一个十一人的跨国黄牛团伙捣毁，缴获的东西包括现金、电脑、门票、手机和一些文件。这个团伙已经参与了连续四届世界杯的倒票活动，仅一场比赛就能牟利90万美元。

World Cup tickets official Ray Whelan arrested

巴西警方已抓获国际足联合作公司的首席执行官，来调查世界杯门票的非法出售情况。玛琪公司的雷 · 惠兰在里约热内卢酒店被捕，来自世界足球管理机构的官员们也留在此地。

Brazilian police have arrested the chief executive of a FIFA partner company as part of investigations into the illegal sale of World Cup tickets. Ray Whelan from Match Hospitality was held at Rio de Janeiro’s hotel, where officials from the world’s football governing body were also staying.

上周，警方拘捕了 11 人并粉碎了一个国际团伙。有人控诉他们非法转售门票，包括一些原本分配给运动员们的票。警方说每一场比赛，这帮团伙可以获利多达 90 万美元，而他们可能已经在四届世界杯上倒过票了。当局认为，一些门票已经卖给了外国游客。

Last week, police held 11 people and broke up an international gang. They are accused of illegally reselling tickets, including some originally allocated to players. Police say the gang earned as much as $900,000 (£520,000) per tournament and could have operated at four World Cups. The authorities believe some of the tickets were sold to foreign tourists.

周一的时候，惠兰在豪华的科帕卡巴纳皇宫酒店被捕。惠兰被警察带走问话，他很可能参与了警方目前正在进行的调查——朱尔•雷米特行动。瑞士玛琪公司，目前还没有公开对此次事件发表任何评论。

Mr. Whelan was arrested at the luxurious Copacabana Palace Hotel on Monday. He was taken for questioning as part of the ongoing police investigation Operation Jules Rimet. The Switzerland-based Match Hospitality has so far made no public comment on the issue.

询问中，警察说上周他们从电话中确认了一名自称是国际足联官员的名字。

As part of the inquiry, police said last week they had identified the first name of the alleged FIFA official from telephone calls.

负责这个案子的调查员法比奥 · 巴鲁凯说，该官员可以自由进入国际足联办公室、体育馆和其他行政区域，在这些地方他能获得比赛门票。

Fabio Barucke, the investigator in charge of the case, said the official was free to go enter FIFA offices, stadiums and other administrative areas where he would have access to match tickets.

巴鲁凯说，该官员并不是巴西人，在巴西出现仅是因为当时有比赛。

The official, Mr Barucke said at the time, was not Brazilian and was in the country only because of the current tournament.

国际足联在一项声明中称他们将 “ 继续与当地政府展开合作，提供任何所需的细节信息，以配合此次调查。国际足联希望重申曾多次表明过的坚决抵制任何违反法律和票务规则行为的坚定立场，并全力支持安全部门，在我们的共同努力下打击任何未经授权的门票销售。 ”

In a statement, FIFA said it “continues to fully cooperate with the local authorities and will provide any details requested to assist with this ongoing investigation. FIFA wants to stress as mentioned at various occasions its firm stance against any form of violation of the criminal law and the ticketing regulations, and is fully supporting the security authorities in our joint efforts to crack down on any unauthorized ticket sales.”

上周逮捕中缴获的物品有 100 张门票、电脑、美金、移动电话和文件。被捕者可能面临洗钱、团伙犯罪和非法倒卖门票等罪行。