Argentine Police Raid Football Federation Offices in Graft Probe

Argentine authorities raided the offices of the country’s football federation early Tuesday as part of a corruption probe, according to local media, heightening tensions between President Javier Milei’s government and national soccer czar Claudio Tapia.

A federal judge ordered searches at Argentine Football Association headquarters and at more than a dozen football clubs in relation to a criminal complaint filed by the country’s tax agency against Sur Finanzas, a local financing firm with ties to football leadership. The company has financial ties to multiple clubs and serves as a sponsor to some of them, including Barracas Central — ...