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- Rui Pinto gave over three terabytes of data to Der Spiegel and other investigative collaborations.
- Christoph Winterbach met Pinto in 2019 while detained in Lisbon awaiting trial.
- Winterbach later interviewed Pinto at a high-security witness-protection site, calling travel “like a Hollywood movie.”
- Rui Pinto launched Football Leaks in September 2015, initially leaking data on Benfica and FC Porto.
- Antonio Varela said Football Leaks obtained data illegally but publishing served public interest.