BeIn Sports’ Paris office searched as part of criminal probe

BeIN Sport logo in Doha, Qatar. (File photo by Reuters)

PARIS: The Paris offices of BeIN Sports were searched on Thursday as part of a criminal probe against former FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke and Qatar’s beIN Media Chief Executive Nasser Al-Khelaifi, French authorities said.
The French financial prosecutor’s office issued a statement on Thursday saying that two of its representatives, along with other French officials dealing with anti-corruption and tax avoidance affairs, had carried out the search.
It added that the operation had been carried out in conjunction with the EuroJust body and Swiss authorities.