Police in Argentina raided the nation’s nationwide soccer affiliation headquarters and greater than 30 soccer clubs on Tuesday, in response to a police source who spoke with NCS.
The source stated that Federal Judge Luis Armella ordered the raids as a part of a case investigating alleged money laundering by the monetary agency Sur Finanzas, one of many important sponsors of Argentine soccer’s governing physique.
Sur Finanzas stated in a statement final week that every one the providers it gives are carried out in compliance with present laws and referred to the accusations as “unfounded.”
Video taken by NCS and affiliate TN on Tuesday exhibits uniformed federal police shifting in and out of the Argentine Football Association constructing in Buenos Aires.
NCS contacted the AFA for remark and remains to be awaiting a response.
A source aware of the case advised NCS that the investigation started following suspicions of irregularities in Sur Finanzas’ contract with Club Atlético Banfield, one of the vital historic groups in Argentina’s prime soccer division.
Banfield stated in a statement that the membership will cooperate with the investigation.
The identical source stated that after authorities initially raided Banfield and Sur Finanzas, paperwork have been discovered that allegedly linked the corporate to different clubs in completely different divisions. As a end result, greater than 30 raids have been accepted on Tuesday to confirm whether or not there are irregularities in different contracts.
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