Towards an anti-money laundering legal framework for professional football? An inductive inquiry on the basis of the Belgian case (R-12100)

The Belgian 'Preventative Anti-Money Laundering Law, recently amended in transposition of the Fifth EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive is momentous from a footballing point of view, insofar as the Belgian legislator decided to explicitly subject the Belgian professional footballing sector to the obligations contained therein, in response to the a fraud and money laundering scandal in Belgian football. This research project aims to investigate and map this new Belgian regulatory framework for professional football.

Keywords:anti-money laundering legislation, sports law, UEFA

Disciplines:Economic, commercial and financial law, Tax law