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Police search Spanish football federation offices over alleged corruption
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madrid, Spain:Spanish police searched the Spanish football federation (RFEF) headquarters and other locations as part of an investigation into alleged...
madrid, Spain: Spanish police searched the Spanish football federation (RFEF) headquarters and other locations as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and other crimes, judicial sources said Wednesday.
According to Spanish media the operation is part of a court investigation into contracts signed by former federation president Luis Rubiales to take the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia.
The contracts signed are worth 40 million euros a year ($43.3 million) and were arranged with former footballer Gerard Pique's company Kosmos acting as an intermediary.
The operation involved searches of various locations across Spain as well as the RFEF's base in Las Rozas, on the edge of madrid.
Police acted in "an investigation linked to presumed crimes linked with corruption in business, fraudulent administration and money laundering", said judicial sources.