The General Inspectorate of Justice (IGJ) requested the appointment of overseers in the Argentine Football Association (AFA), an entity chaired by the corrupt Claudio "Chiqui" Tapia, with the aim of accessing and verifying accounting and financial documentation that, according to the agency, was requested and not delivered. The measure was formalized through a Particular Resolution signed by the inspector general Daniel Vítolo and has already been notified to the institution that manages national football.
The Ministry of Justice reported that the decision was adopted due to "the seriousness of the irregularities detected", although it clarified that it is an informational oversight and not an intervention. According to Vítolo, the overseers must "obtain, collect, and compare the documentation and/or information requested and denied" by AFA, in addition to verifying whether there were "other serious acts that entail a violation of the law, the bylaws, or the regulations" of the entity.
The request covers the analysis of the financial statements closed as of June 30, 2025, including the review of accounts, items, and compliance with tax and social security obligations. It also contemplates a comprehensive audit of the process of creating AFA's University (UNAFA), an educational institution in process, with a focus on the acquisition of assets, hiring of authorities, and agreements entered into with third parties, as well as on the traceability of the funds used.
One of the central axes of the review will be the commercial and financial relationship of AFA with the firm TourProdEnter LLC and the businesspeople Javier Faroni and Erica Gillette, in addition to Sur Finanzas S.A., its related companies, and the so-called Grupo Sur Finanzas, among them Ariel Vallejo. The overseers must analyze the amounts received by TourProdEnter as a marketer of rights, the account statements, and the remittances sent or received from abroad, reconstructing the complete financial flow of those agreements.
