During the past months, several newspaper articles have been published about football clubs from EU-member states being involved in dubious money transactions.

According to these articles, professional league football clubs from England, Portugal and Holland have been involved in player transactions which have even raised suspicions of money laundering and club cartels. Apparently, criminals are using football clubs as a vehicle for money laundering by pouring in hundreds of millions of Euros into the clubs.

UEFA is concerned about the current situation and has expressed a wish for further investigations.

Has the Commission examined the abovementioned allegations and does the Commission monitor these transactions?

How does the Commission collaborate with UEFA and FIFA in these matters?