The Mouscron affair: Zahavi files breach of secrecy complaint as investigation leaked

• Published date: 06 October 2021
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Zahavi was charged in Belgium last spring as part of an investigation into the Belgian club Mouscron on suspicions that he used the club to place players in his portfolio, L'Echo reported.

The investigation against Zehavi was opened in 2018, but was leaked last week and published all over the world.

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Following Zehavi's complaint, the court is expected to appoint an investigator-judge, this time in order to investigate how the breach of secrecy occurred.

"This is a principle in our legal system," Buska said. "Defendants' lives should be kept private, as should the investigation itself. This may harm the defendant's honor who is innocent until proven guilty, and may endanger the investigation itself."

Zahavi's lawyers have said that he "strongly contests" the charges...