US EditionPolice search football referee headquarters in Barcelona graft probe
- Spanish police raided offices of the Spanish soccer federation as part of an investigation into alleged payments made by Barcelona soccer club to the vice president of Spain's football refereeing committee.
- Prosecutors claim that Barcelona paid the former referee, José María Enríquez Negreira, 7.3 million euros over a span of 17 years. Barcelona denies any wrongdoing and states that they paid for technical reports on referees without trying to influence their decisions.
- Paying large sums of money to a person involved in Spain's refereeing committee for reports is not a common practice.
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Police raid Spain football referee HQ over Barca graft probe
BARCELONA - Police on Thursday raided Spain's football refereeing headquarters as part of a probe into claims FC Barcelona paid for favourable decisions in a fresh blow for Spain's scandal-hit football association.
Spanish police search football referee headquarters in graft probe
Police in Spain on Thursday searched the headquarters of the country's football referee committee as part of a probe into payments made by Liga giants Barcelona to a firm owned by a former official of the body.
New problems for Barcelona in the 'Negreira case' — Investigation over bribery given to arbitrators
FC Barcelona faces charges of millions of euros in payments to benefit from biased arbitrations, and the tribunal on Thursday conducted searches in which the club is suspected of “bribery”.
Graft: Spanish police probe ex-football referee chief over link with Barcelona - Daily Trust
Police in Spain on Thursday searched the headquarters of the country’s football referee committee as part of a probe into payments made by Liga giants Barcelona to a firm owned by a former official of the body. Prosecutors suspect the club paid millions of euros to the company of Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, the former vice-president of Spanish football’s refereeing committee, between 2001 and 2018, to try to influence referee decisions. The Ba…
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