Radja Nainggolan is on probation . This is the decision of the investigating judge after questioning the former Cagliari midfielder, arrested yesterday as part of an investigation into international drug trafficking .
The footballer is formally investigated for participation in a criminal organization , his lawyers Mounir and Omar Souidi announced. However, they added, "he was released with conditions", that is, under probation, after being heard by the investigating judge.
According to his lawyers , he was not questioned by the investigating judge about drug trafficking, but only about the sums of money he allegedly gave to some acquaintances . However, Radja Nainggolan was not investigated for money laundering.
During the interrogation, which lasted about an hour, he was asked for clarification on those sums given or lent to acquaintances.
Amounts that, the lawyer himself explained, have no connection with drugs. " This is money that he gave to people he wanted to help financially because he is a jovial man . We must now determine whether these people used this money illegally."
According to the lawyer, these are not huge sums, especially when compared to what the former Belgian international earned in his life as a professional footballer. " Maybe he was naive, but he never had the intention of helping people from a certain background ."
Nainggolan spent a night in jail: "It had a strong impact on him, it was anything but pleasant. But he has nothing to reproach himself for, he hasn't committed any criminal act, so he can safely hold his head high."
(Online Union)