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Swiss police raid UEFA headquarters after 'Panama Papers' claims

UEFA has confirmed its cooperation with a raid on its Nyon headquarters by the Swiss Federal Police on Wednesday.

Swiss police have raided UEFA headquarters in relation to the contracts between European football's governing body and the Cross Trading company that have been reportedly highlighted in the "Panama Papers" leak.

Recently elected FIFA president and former UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino became the latest high-profile footballing figure to be linked to the controversy on Tuesday.

Widely released reports claimed that documents within the Panama Papers - which have been leaked from law firm Mossack Fonseca to the international press - indicated that, during his time as UEFA's director of legal services, Infantino signed off on a deal to sell South American broadcasting rights for the Champions League, UEFA Cup and Super Cup to Cross Trading in 2006.