US EditionArgentina football league suspends games over tax probe into football exec
Argentina's top football league halted matches in protest after a court allowed AFA chief Tapia to travel amid a 19 billion peso tax fraud probe, with clubs striking March 5-8.
- On Monday, Argentina's domestic league suspended its ninth matchday in solidarity with Argentine Football Association chief Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia, and professional clubs called a work stoppage from March 5–8 to protest what they call judicial persecution.
- The probe stems from a complaint filed by the Customs Revenue and Control Agency, with the AFA denying owing the debt, saying `the voluntary payment of these tax obligations was made prior to their due date`.
- A court authorized Tapia to travel between Feb. 23-28 for official events and set bail of five million pesos, published Monday after a travel ban last Friday.
- The Argentine Football Association says it is the victim of a `smear campaign`, while Silvana Giudici states `there is no political persecution` and the complaints are `appropriate`.
- Tax authorities allege a 19 billion pesos shortfall, and officials face a March 5 court summons amid investigations into unpaid taxes and money-laundering.
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Argentina Shuts Down Football to Shield Its Boss
Key Points — Argentina’s football association unanimously suspended all competitions from March 5 to 8 — the first non-pandemic shutdown in decades — after its president and treasurer were summoned to testify in a tax fraud probe. — The tax agency ARCA accuses the AFA of withholding 19.3 billion pesos ($14 million) in income tax […]
Argentina football league suspends games
Argentina's domestic football league on Monday suspended its ninth matchday in solidarity with Argentine Football Association (AFA) chief Claudio Tapia, who was given permission to leave the country by a court despite an ongoing tax fraud investigation. The court's ruling was published Monday, five days after Tapia was barred from leaving the country over the probe. "The mere existence of a criminal investigation does not in itself constitute su…
The Argentine Football Association (AFA) suspended the ninth round of the championship on Monday in solidarity with Claudio Tapia, the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), who was allowed to leave the country despite being investigated for alleged tax evasion, according to the French news agency AFP.
Buenos Aires has 18 professional football stadiums within the limits of the city and reaches 60 if it includes the metropolitan area that surrounds it, a world record. All of them and the others that are distributed by the rest of Argentina will remain without official competition between Thursday 5 and Sunday 8 March. The unprecedented decision of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) was taken this Monday in protest of the complaint against…
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