Friday, March 4, 2016

Former president of Benfica arrested

Former president of the Portuguese football club Benfica / Lisbon / Manuel Damazio was arrested today by the Portuguese authorities, who accuse him of money laundering in an investigation of international
corruption.

This was announced by Lisbon Agency franrs Press, which cited legal source. Portuguese police said today in a statement on the arrest of "a man of 75 years, a businessman in the sector of real estate, suspected of money laundering."
Manuel was arrested Damazio, president of FC Benfica from January 1994 to October 1997, told AFP a source close to the investigation.

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