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Introduction; 1 Welcome to the World of Football; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Growth and Commercialization of Professional Football; 1.3 Crime-Inducing Features of the Market; 1.3.1 Money Laundering; 1.3.2 Corruption in Football; 1.3.3 Tax Fraud; 1.4 Reflection; 2 The Role and Self-Image of Football Agents; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Agent, Broker, Business Manager, Representative or Intermediary?; 2.3 Regulation and Registration; 2.4 Trust Relations; 2.5 Agents as Hawks; 2.6 Culpable Involvement of Intermediaries in Financial and Economic Crime in Football; 2.7 The View of Agents on the Excesses in Football and the Measures Against Them; 2.8 Reflection; 3 The Football Sector as Semi-autonomous Social Field; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Legal Status and Organizational Structure; 3.2.1 FIFA; 3.2.2 UEFA; 3.3 Organizational Culture; 3.4 Collusion; 3.4.1 Collusion Between Club-related Individuals and Members of Associations; 3.4.2 Collusion Between Private Organizations and Government Institutions/Politics; 3.5 Reflection; 4 Breaking Down the Walls of Silence; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Creating Awareness and Encouraging Inquisitiveness; 4.3 Better and More Accurate Data; 4.4 Promoting Disclosure: Whistle-Blowing; 4.4.1 The Essence; 4.4.2 Internal and External Mechanisms; 4.4.3 Considerations Whether or Not to Blow the Whistle; 4.4.4 Resisting Legal Power Play; 4.5 Naming and Shaming Strategies; 4.6 Reflection; 5 Mucking Out the Stalls: Improving Governance Within the Football Sector; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Ownership and Investments; 5.2.1 Distribution of Shares; 5.2.2 Screening Owners and Major Shareholders; 5.2.3 Licence; 5.3 Transfer System; 5.3.1 Transfer Clearing House; 5.3.2 Football Agents; 5.3.3 Squad Size and Home-Grown Players; 5.4 Reflection; 6 Putting External Pressure on the Football Industry; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 A Supervising Sports Authority; 6.3 Expanding the AML Regime?; 6.4 Criminal Law Enforcement; 6.5 Reflection: Towards an Integrated Multi-Agency Approach; Epilogue