Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Swiss police raid UEFA over TV deal with indicted executives (The Associated Press)

FILE - This is a Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014 file photo of a UEFA sign pictured at the UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. UEFA said Wednesday April; 6, 2016 that it has been raided by Swiss police and has handed over evidence of a Champions League television rights contract with an offshore marketing agency implicated in the FIFA bribery scandal. (,Jean-Christophe Bott, Keystone File, via AP)

UEFA was raided by Swiss police on Wednesday and handed over evidence of a Champions League television rights contract with an offshore marketing agency implicated in the FIFA bribery scandal. The Swiss attorney general's office said it requested raids on the European soccer body and ''another enterprise'' for suspected criminal mismanagement and misappropriation linked to dealings with offshore agency Cross Trading. UEFA and its Champions League marketing agency - TEAM Marketing based in Lucerne, Switzerland - made a $111,000 deal with Cross Trading in 2006 for three seasons of broadcasting in Ecuador.


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