Argentina's footballers are chasing back-to-back World Cup titles while the body that runs their sport is now the subject of a US federal inquiry over allegations of money laundering through the American banking system.
The Argentine Football Association, known as the AFA, is being investigated by US prosecutors into whether hundreds of millions of dollars moved through American banks amounted to money laundering, wire fraud or tax crimes. The investigation, confirmed to Argentine newspaper La Nación by two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, runs parallel to a separate Argentine case that has already seen the AFA's headquarters raided and its president and treasurer formally charged.
