Pinto: If you take Benfica, the most popular club in Portugal, you see that they're like an octopus of influence among the nation's elite. The club is well connected with the police, the prosecutors and politicians and regularly give them free VIP tickets for Benfica games. It would be a huge conflict of interest if they ever had to seriously investigate Benfica.
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DER SPIEGEL: We consider you a whistleblower because of the relevance of the information that you gathered in the face of significant personal risk. Others, such as the prosecutors, for example, see you only as a criminal. What's your response to that?
Pinto: All the debates are totally valid. If a newspaper editor writes that I'm a criminal, I'm not going to complain about it; it's the freedom of the press. The only thing I demand is an honest debate about what Football Leaks achieved. And so far, it hasn't been a fair discussion, because right now, it's only focused on me as a person, and not about the wrongdoing I uncovered.
Rui Pinto numa entrevista ao Der Spiegel online
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