Police probe Portugal's finance minister over Benfica tickets - report


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  • Sunday, 28 Jan 2018

FILE PHOTO: Portugal's Finance Minister Mario Centeno and president of the Eurogroup speaks at the at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese police have searched the finance ministry in a raid local media said targeted finance chief Mario Centeno, who heads the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers, over tickets he allegedly received from his favourite football club, Benfica.

The prosecutor's office confirmed Friday's searches at the ministry but said nobody had been accused of any crime in the investigation, which is covered by the law on judicial secrecy.

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