Portuguese justice announced that it had carried out dozens of searches on Monday as part of an investigation into suspicions of tax evasion linked to transfers of football players and to financial circuits involving agents in these transactions.
With the help of 85 tax inspectors and police officers, the authorities carried out 33 searches mainly in Lisbon and Porto (North) "
covering business premises, including a sports company and a banking establishment, as well as several residences
", said the Portuguese prosecution in a statement.
In question, the alleged practice of offenses of tax evasion, fraud, breach of trust and money laundering linked to the transfers of football players.
The survey focuses on transactions "
with a strong international dimension
" at least since 2017 and involving commission payment transactions of more than 20 million euros.
According to local media, these practices concern in particular FC Porto and in particular the transfer of Brazilian international Eder Militao from the northern Portuguese club to Real Madrid in the summer of 2019.
Also according to the Portuguese press, the residences of the current president of the "
Dragons
", Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, and his son, Alexandre Pinto da Costa, were the subject of searches.
Contacted by AFP, the double victorious team of the Champions League (1987, 2004) was not able to speak immediately.
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