Mario Costa resigns from his position in the League after suspicions of human trafficking

Mario Costa resigned this Wednesday as President of the General Assembly of the League, it became known Write down.

The Service for Foreigners and Border Guards (SEF) released 36 boys aged between 14 and 17, whom they found without documents and with tight controls on their movements, at the Bsports football academy in Riba de Ave, Vila Nova de Famalican. The youths were among about 100 football players that the SEF found during searches conducted on Monday.

Mario Costa was accused of aiding illegal immigration. However, do you know cmand with the evidence gathered by the SEF, he could still be accused of human trafficking.

In a statement, Mario Costa’s defense emphasizes that the resignation was intended to “protect the League of Portugal and the clubs from any possible damage to their image”.

Concluding the note, the guarantee: “When everything is cleared up and the process is archived, Dr. Mario Costa will again cooperate with the League with the same enthusiasm as always.”

Meanwhile, Liga Portugal also confirmed in a statement Mario Costa’s decision to step down as President of MAG Liga Portugal. “During an emergency meeting convened by the President of the League of Portugal, Pedro Proenza, with the chairmen of the three governing bodies of the institution – the Council of the General Assembly, the Jurisdictional Council and the Supervisory Board – Dr. Mario Costa announced the decision to resign from the position of Chairman of the Board of the General Assembly of the League of Portugal. Further, it is reported that the procedures provided for by the charter will now be activated to guarantee the normal management and stability of the functioning of the Institution,” the message says.

Here is Mario Costa’s defense statement.:

“I hereby inform you that my client, Mr. Mario Costa, has decided to step down as President of the Council of the General Assembly in order to protect the League of Portugal and the clubs from any possible damage to its image, with a process that has been widely publicized. and stems from misrepresentations and slanderous denunciations, a decision which he has already made and which he has just reported first hand in a meeting he recently held with the President of the League, with the President of the Audit Commission, and with the Chairman of the Legal Council.

“Any damage to his image will be the opposite of what Dr. Mario Costa has been defending and fighting against for 7 years.

“When everything is cleared up and the process is archived, Dr. Mario Costa will again cooperate with the League with the same enthusiasm as always,” can be read in the document to which write down had access.