Marco Polo Del Nero speaks during a news conference in Rio de Janeiro May 29, 2015. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Senators conducting a special inquiry into possible corruption inside the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) agreed on Thursday to probe the private financial records of its president Marco Polo Del Nero.
The move increases pressure on Del Nero and marks a new front in Brazil’s attempt to clean up its national game at the highest level, at the same time as football's world governing body FIFA faces U.S. corruption charges.
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