Belgium's major teams get involved in betting scandal

Anderlecht and Club Brugge have been raided by police as part of a broad investigation into alleged corruption in Belgian football, writes Periscopi.

Top clubs, agents and judges were targets of police raids Wednesday, the federal prosecutor's office confirmed.

The investigation began at the end of 2017 after a report by the police unit against fraud because it had suspicious transaction information “” on Belgian professional football.

During their investigations, authorities concluded there was evidence that “ran in the 2017-188x1> season competitions, using this to expand the investigation and confirm that the matches were set.

A total of 44 raids were held in Belgium on Wednesday, while another 13 were conducted simultaneously in France, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Montenegro, Serbia and Macedonia, Periscopi/

Among the controlled objects were the offices of the highest-level Anderlecht clubs and the Brugge Club, which are competing in this season's Champions League.

The Prosecutor's Office confirmed the raids with a statement stating: “The judicial investigation concerns activities within a criminal organisation, money laundering and private corruption”.

The”Basties were conducted in several active football clubs under Jupiler Pro League. The various documents and files were confiscated”.

” We also did home research by members of football clubs board, player agents, judges, former lawyers, a accounting firm, an mediator, journalists and a number of possible associates”.

A large number of people were deprived of their freedom and questioned”

The search for houses mainly occurred in the homes of foreign legal persons, which would be used to establish suspicious financial transactions. Documents and funds were confiscated from bank accounts and in vault”, police confirmed.

Anderlecht, Club Brugge, Standard Leege and Loneren are some of the names of Belgian teams that are being investigated for the plot. /Periscopi/