Searches were carried out in Belgium, London and Monaco, and two people were arrested, including a player agent in the Principality, as part of a corruption case in football educated in Brussels, announced on Wednesday. Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office.
The investigation, which targets in particular the transfer in 2015 of Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic from Anderlecht (Belgium) to Newcastle (England), had already given rise to a series of raids at the end of April in Belgium. "The facts include money laundering and private corruption in the context of transfers of football players," said the floor in a statement.