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'Entrapment has won' - but what is it?

"silly thing"

The 61-year-old was secretly filmed as part of an undercover operation.

He was recorded talking about how to "get around" international football rules.

But he added: "I've paid the consequences. Entrapment has won on this occasion and I have to accept that."

But what exactly did he mean by that?

What is entrapment?

To be clear - it's not just going undercover.

So it wouldn't be entrapment if a police officer or journalist secretly joined a gang to get evidence of someone committing a crime.

But if they persuaded or forced someone to do something illegal that they wouldn't otherwise have done, then it would count as entrapment.