Football Soccer - Paris St Germain v Barcelona - UEFA Champions League Round of 16 First Leg - Parc Des Princes, Paris, France - 14/2/17 Paris Saint-Germain's Angel Di Maria celebrates scoring their first goal Reuters / Christian Hartmann Livepic
PARIS (Reuters) - French anti-corruption police searched the homes of Paris Saint-Germain footballers Angel Di Maria and Javier Pastore as well as the club's offices on Tuesday as part of an investigation into alleged financial offences, a source close to the probe said.
The police operations were conducted as part of an investigation opened last December by the national financial prosecutors' office into alleged laundering of money acquired by fraud, the source said.
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