BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Investigators raided Belgian soccer club Royal Excel Mouscron on Wednesday and detained three people suspected of funnelling illicit funding from offshore companies and illegally obtaining a licence to operate as a professional club, prosecutors said.
The case is the second recent investigation into suspected fraud and money laundering in Belgian soccer. In October, there was a wave of raids and arrests, including of two referees, soccer agents and the coach of Belgian champions Club Bruges.
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