The Argentine government have suspended 146 agents and temporarily banned dozen of players following investigations into alleged tax evasion in football transfers.
The country’s tax authority – AFIP – has been looking into ‘irregular deals’ since the transfer window closed last week, with team’s including River Plate caught up in the dealings.
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“[The AFIP] have suspended 146 football representatives and go-betweens with an irregular fiscal situation,” AFIP chief Ricardo Echegaray told a press conference.
“They have not declared the corresponding commission for the operations they took part in. This is an investigation into the businessmen of football.”
He also added that if the club’s allowed transfers to continue through suspect deals, and did not announce them to the AFIP, then the clubs would be permitting tax evasion and money laundering offences.
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