Salvador has already seized 128 tickets.
The Civil Police of Bahia reported the seizure of 128 tickets for the four matches held at Arena Fonte Nova during the first phase of the World Cup; in total, 39 people were detained in the vicinity of the stadium attempting to resell the tickets at prices above those stipulated by FIFA; the majority of those detained are foreign tourists; in Wednesday's match between Iran and Bosnia, 32 tickets were seized from two Nigerians and another eight from three Brazilians.
Bahia 247 - The Consumer Protection Division (Decon) of the Bahia Civil Police reported the seizure of 128 tickets for the four matches held at Arena Fonte Nova during the first phase of the World Cup. In total, 39 people were detained in the vicinity of the stadium attempting to resell the tickets at prices above those stipulated by FIFA. The majority of those detained were foreign tourists.
In Wednesday's (25) match between Iran and Bosnia, 32 tickets were seized from two Nigerians and another eight from three Brazilians, totaling 40 tickets.
Just like the ticket scalpers caught in the three previous games, these five people were taken to the Decon headquarters on Rua Carlos Gomes and released after the head delegate, Carla Ramos, filed the Terms of Circumstantial Occurrence (TCOs).
A police operation in the vicinity of the Arena Fonte Nova is being carried out with the support of the Fraud and Other Crimes Repression Unit (DREOF) and the Economic Crimes and Crimes Against Public Administration Unit (Dececap).
In the France vs. Switzerland match on the 20th, police seized 38 tickets from a group of 15 people – six Germans, three Americans, two French, two Swiss, and two Brazilians. On the 16th, another 17 tickets intended for the Germany vs. Portugal match were seized; these were to be sold illegally by seven people – one Austrian, one Frenchman, one Englishman, one German, and three Brazilians.
Fan Statute
In the first official match of the 2014 World Cup in Salvador, on the 12th, between the Netherlands and Spain, teams from Decon, DREOF, and Dececap seized 33 tickets in the vicinity of Fonte Nova stadium from 12 ticket scalpers – eight Brazilians, two French, one Iranian, and one Spaniard.
The police operation to combat the illegal sale of tickets will continue for the upcoming World Cup matches scheduled for the capital of Bahia.
Delegate Carla Ramos warns that, according to the Fan Statute, it is a crime to sell tickets for prices higher than those stated on the ticket. "Those who decide not to attend the games can access the FIFA website and renegotiate the repurchase of the ticket and the return of the money spent," she recommends.