FIFA cracks down on ticket touts after two caught selling in official hotel

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By Andrew Warshaw in Belo Horizonte
June 20 – Two ticket touts have been arrested after infiltrating one of the official FIFA hotels in Rio de Janeiro, FIFA marketing director Thierry Weil revealed at a news briefing today. FIFA called police to the Sofitel hotel near the famous Copacabana beach and “the reaction was immediate,” Weil said.

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