Sunday, 1 June 2014

Pele's Son sentenced to 33 years imprisonment for Money laundering

A recent report says that the son of the Brazilian football legend Pele has been sentenced to 33 years in jail for laundering money raised from drug trafficking.

Edinho is a retired footballer who played goalkeeper for Pele's old club, Santos, in the 1990s.

He was first arrested in 2005 and has served a sentence for drug trafficking offences and links with a notorious drug dealer in the city of Santos.

According to BBC, He says he is a drug addict but denies the trafficking charges. The ruling was issued by a judge in the nearby coastal city of Praia Grande, in Sao Paulo state.

Read more on BBC

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