The Belgian professional football clubs have been obliged to fight against money laundering for more than a year, but checks show that no club is fully in order with the anti-money laundering obligations. That is what De Tijd writes today.
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Since 1 July last year, professional football clubs are obliged to report suspicious transactions to the Belgian anti-money laundering unit. They can analyze reports and transfer them to the court. The Federal Public Service Economy checks whether the clubs are doing this correctly.
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More than a year after the introduction of the obligation, all checked football clubs are still falling short, according to an inquiry with the federal public service Economy. Nine professional clubs have already been checked, and deficiencies have been identified at all of those clubs. It is not disclosed which clubs have been checked.
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The CEO of the Pro League Lorin Parys asks to give the clubs some more time. “We are at the beginning of a process that takes a lot of time and energy, but which we are convinced will help us in the long term,” he says. “All rogue transactions must be eliminated. We cooperate voluntarily with the FPS Economy, because we share the same objective.”
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According to De Tijd, Club Brugge and RSC Anderlecht, who each employ a compliance manager to meet the obligations, appear to be “the most advanced” and those clubs have not yet been checked by the government service Economy.
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See also: Everything you need to know about Operation Clean Hands
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