The existence of the deal, signed when Infantino was UEFA’s legal chief, was revealed this week in the Panama Papers leaks. But the Swiss Office of the Attorney General implied that it had suspicions before the leaks came out.
The deal was signed with two businessmen who have since been charged in the United States over the corruption scandal that has engulfed world football. Infantino has strongly denied any wrongdoing.
“The search was motivated by the suspicion of criminal mismanagement” and “misappropriation,” said a Swiss OAG statement explaining the raid.
UEFA confirmed that it “received a visit” by Swiss Federal Police acting with a warrant.
The European football confederation added that police had requested “sight of the contracts between UEFA and Cross Trading (and) Teleamazonas,” two companies involved in the sale of broadcast rights in Ecuador for the 2006 to 2009 Champions League.
Infantino was head of UEFA’s legal department when the contract was signed in 2006. He later became UEFA general secretary and in February was elected head of FIFA which faces its own corruption scandal.
UEFA said it was providing “all relevant documents in our possession and will cooperate fully.”
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