02Oct

The Fight for FIFA is Over: Why Gianni Infantino is still the Controversial King of International Soccer/Football

Gianni Infantino when he was campaigning for FIFA Presidency It’s over. At least as the cards on the table are now - the War of Roses, Game of Thrones, Choose-Your-Favourite-Analogy - fight between the ruling sports barons of FIFA is finished. Its finished with ruling King Gianni firmly on his throne and the risk of having his head, metaphorically, impaled on the pillory of public media scrutiny and a possible arrest for corruption gone for the moment. Here is why. The battle for control...

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23Sep

They Ain’t Going Anywhere: How the Mob Still Loves Gambling So Much They Will Kill For It

This is the greatest unexamined story in North American today. What did we sign on to when we agreed to legalize sports gambling? What about all those promises of eliminating mobsters? Why is there a bloody war across Canada to control the illegal betting market? Johnny Depp as Donnie Brasco “Gambling is far bigger than narcotics for the mob. Because it is everyday. And you also make money on loans to the gamblers and then you get to take their businesses when...

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18Sep

A Massively Important Story: Polish Ping Pong & the Crack Cocaine of Sports Gambling

If you want to understand the sports gambling world - read this story about the multi-millions-of-dollars spent betting on Polish table tennis. In some gambling markets it is bigger than the EPL, FIFA, NFL, NHL or any of the major sports leagues. Why? Polish Table Tennis at 5.00 a.m. New York City time - one of 9,000 matches played each month This is a massively important story. Like many important stories it is not being widely covered by the mainstream media. However, understand the...

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10Sep

How to Investigate Crimes without a license: Investigations lessons by a cop’s cop, an anti drug trafficker hero, and me.

A course in learning how to investigate for anyone to take - lawyers, sports officials, students, amateur murder mystery solvers - taught by two investigations heroes and me. Dear Friends and Colleagues, Back at University of New Haven and teaching a number of courses on sports corruption and gambling. However, the one that I wanted to bring to your attention is, arguably, the most important as it does not only concern sports integrity but the very nature of investigation. Many of us...

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01Sep

The Killing of Tupac: What Do You Have To Do In Las Vegas To Get Convicted of Murder?

What took them so long? Yesterday, (August 31, 2026) there was - finally - a conviction in the murder of Tupac Shakur.  Almost 30 years to the day, after his killing, the Las Vegas law enforcement establishment actually did their jobs.   Why? In this episode of CrimeWaves, we interview the investigative journalist Cathy Scott, who one year after Tupac's murder essentially solved the case.  She speaks about the incredible incompetency and complacency of the Las Vegas Police.  A must listen to understand...

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29Jul

The Normalization of Corruption: Gianni Infantino and Donald Trump’s Destruction of the Beautiful Game

The Selling Off of FIFA to the Kushner Family and Donald Trump is the end of credibility in the World Cup and FIFA This is the end. The proposed plan to sell off a section of FIFA to a group of investors led by Donald Trump’s son-in-law is the end of the credibility of Gianni Infantino’s FIFA. How can we take such an organization seriously? Remember the Folarin Balogun red card scandal where Donald Trump phoned up Gianni to get the one game suspension...

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24Jul

The Odd Odds Movements: Three Games in the World Cup had massive shifts in gambling odds

While the world focused on 'Red card gate', Donald Trump, Gianni Infantino and the scandal around Folarin Balogun, there were three games at the FIFA World Cup tournament that had strange, massive odds movements. Funny, you should mention that…. The New York Times’ Jacob Whitehead has just come out with an excellent article about betting irregularities at the FIFA World Cup. It came out the very day that I was posting an article on the same subject. The team at the...

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08Jul

How to Referee a Fixed Match: FIFA and Gianni Infantino’s Credibility Nightmare

It's not the fixing that is the problem. It is the perception of the fixing where FIFA has an enormous problem. A reasonable person, not a conspiracy theorist, could look at half-a-dozen of the games in this World Cup tournament and have genuine doubts about the integrity of the sport. Gianni Infantino has a huge credibility problem with this year's World Cup tournament Say what you like about Sepp Blatter’s version of FIFA (and I said much), at least the corruption, mostly, stopped...

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29Jun

The Good, the Bad, and the Unmentioned: The Dreadful New York Times Investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s Death

The New York Times, finally, got around to investigating Jeffrey Epstein's death. Their work was so bad that they should not have bothered. The New York Times’ view of the Epstein prison death It was a hit job. A well-executed, professional media execution. The entire investigation by the New York Times of Jeffrey Epstein’s death in prison promised so much but delivered so little. Why would the Times print such a hatchet job?
Well, they wouldn’t they… This is a media outlet that...

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25Jun

Happy Hunting Ground for the Match-Fixers

This next few days of games at the FIFA World Cup are where match-fixers find their success. The match-fixers are already buzzing around the tournament and teams. The arrangements and initial payments made. For those of you who didn’t get a chance to read it - I wrote a three-part series on match-fixers at the World Cup. The Daily Telegraph was kind enough to ask me to write a summation of the work. Since then we have discovered - thanks to...

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