Sporting’s rival under suspicion for breaching EU sanctions on Russia | OneFootball

Benfica, led by Rui Costa (who was criticized by Frederico Varandas), confirmed on Monday that the Public Prosecutor's Office (PPO) blocked 70,000 euros from the sale of Germán Conti to Lokomotiv Moscow, due to the sanctions imposed on Russia by the European Union. This process now brings legal issues to the president of the Eagles.

Germán Conti was not exactly a standout player at Benfica. In 2018, he left Colón for Lisbon but stayed only one season with the Benfica squad. He played 12 times, with two appearances for the B team and 10 games for the main team. He even scored a goal.

The following year, 2019, he began a series of loans until he was sold to Lokomotiv Moscow at the beginning of 2023. What places the player in history is not even this transfer to a Russian club; it's the subsequent transfer, also in 2023, from the Russians to Racing.

TVI/CNN Portugal reports that 76,021 euros were transferred from Lokomotiv to Benfica. This happened when the war in Ukraine had already started – and sanctions against Russia had already begun. In other words, this amount coming from Moscow would be a violation of the restrictive measures approved by the United Nations and the European Union against Russia.

In addition to the suspicions of violating the restrictive measures approved by the United Nations and/or the European Union, the Public Prosecutor's Office (PPO) adds the suspicion of money laundering, although the money in question went directly from the Russian club's account to Benfica's account at BCP, without any intermediary or concealment.

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