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Mourinho's former club raided by Portuguese police over Russian mafia money laundering

Uniao de Leiria, which is now in the third division, is under investigation as Europol confirmed three key members of a criminal network have been arrested.

Jose Mourinho’s former side Uniao de Leiria has been among the clubs in Portugal raided by police as part of an operation to dismantle a Russian mafia gang laundering money.

Europol confirmed that three key members of a criminal network have been arrested as part of Operation Matrioskas (Russian dolls).

The organization is alleged to have laundered several million euros across numerous European countries after initially targeting soccer teams with financial difficulties.