Analysis finds football clubs controlled by investment funds or opque corporate vehicles are associated with sporting sanctions and involvement in crime

This research uses beneficial ownership (BO) and complementary data to construct ownership networks of Italian football clubs. It finds a much higher prevalence of ownership opacity than the EU average. Clubs with opaque ownership are significantly more likely to have sporting sanctions and criminal allegations such as fraud and money laundering.

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