Police release 47 young players held in Portugal – 06/15/2023 – Sport
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A police operation against a human trafficking network linked to a training center for football players in northern Portugal released, last Monday (12), 47 young athletes, including 36 minors, reported this Thursday. (15) the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF).
The victims, men from Africa, Asia and South America, were taken to institutions “under the protection of the State”.
Two Portuguese and five companies were accused in the scope of the operation, named “Eldorado'”, during which “several passports and visas” were seized.
According to the local press, the victims were kidnapped at the premises of the Bsports football academy, in Riba de Ave, near Vila Nova de Famalicão, in the northern region of the country.
Players will testify before a judge before returning to their home countries.
One of the accused was identified by the press: Mario Costa, one of the directors of the Bsports academy and president of the general assembly of the Portuguese football league, a position he resigned on Wednesday after stating that he had not committed any illegality.
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