Spanish police raid Barcelona club headquarters for “economic crimes”

A spokesman for the regional police in Catalonia, Spain, said that the police raided, on Monday, the headquarters of Barcelona, ​​the second Spanish soccer league, 6 days before the elections for the presidency of the club, next Sunday, in which Joan Laporta, Toni Frica and Victor Font are competing.

“We are in the process of carrying out an operation at the present time with the elements of the Economic Crimes Department,” the spokesman told “Agence France Presse,” without giving further details, while police sources indicated that “the matter concerns inspections.”

According to a number of Spanish media, this process is linked to the investigation of the “Persagate” case, which appeared a year ago

source: Barcelona – (AFP)