Spain's tax office ordered daily newspaper El Mundo to "hand over documents related to its probe into alleged massive football fraud involving top players," according to the AFP. The paper is part of a group of 12 European news outlets that began publishing on Dec. 2 "the results of months of investigations into a vast trove of more than 18 million financial documents," obtained by German magazine Der Spiegel and dubbed the "Football Leaks." The probe has centered on current and former La Liga players including Cristiano Ronaldo and ManU Manager José Mourinho, formerly of Real Madrid. El Mundo said that Spain's National Office of Fraud Investigation (ONIF) ordered Unidad Editorial, the paper's parent company, to hand over "all information and documents with fiscal interest" related to the "Football Leaks" probe. The newspaper said that the anti-fraud office was "seeking information on 37 people and bodies, including Ronaldo, his agent Jorge Mendes and his management company Gestifute." El Mundo Dir Pedro Garcia Cuartango wrote in a column that the publication's decision whether or not to turn over the documents that were requested will "depend on the authorization of our sources" (AFP, 12/13).
