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Football Legend Pele’s Son Sentenced to 33 Years in Jail for Money Laundering

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The son of Brazilian football legend, Pele, has been sentenced to 33 years in jail for laundering money acquired from drug trafficking.

Pele’s son, Edhino who is 43-years-old, is a retired footballer who was a goalkeeper for Pele’s old club, Santos, in the 90s.

Edhino was arrested before in 2005 and has served a sentence for drug trafficking and his affiliation with a notorious drug dealer in the city of Santos.

He has confessed to being a drug addict, however; he is denying the trafficking allegations, BBC reports.

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