FIFA to be memorialized alongside history's worst gangsters in The Mob Museum
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The FIFA scandal is going down in history as a classic case of organized crime. So classic, in fact, that the Mob Museum in Las Vegas — which is home to artifacts like Bugsy Siegel's glasses, John Gotti's suit, and a "St. Valentine's Day Massacre Wall" — is installing a permanent display on FIFA that will include a "breakdown of the kickbacks, secrecy, and match-fixing associated with the scandal."
“This exhibit is ripped right from today's headlines about the globe's most popular sport," The Mob Museum's Executive Director Jonathan Ullman said in a press release, referring to the scandal that rocked soccer's governing body after the U.S. indicted several top FIFA officials on corruption charges in May. "To our growing number of visitors from places like the United Kingdom, Mexico, Brazil, and Italy, the FIFA scandal provides an especially resonant example of the different shapes organized crime can take."
"The 'Beautiful Game' Turns Ugly" exhibit will open on September 1.
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