The investigation conducted 29 searches in various locations around the country. More than 20 took place on the island of São Miguel: eight in domiciliary offices; one in a foundation; six in the facilities of three sports companies; nine in other companies; three in two sports clubs; and two in law firms.

As for Santa Clara's SAD, besides the headquarters, located in Rua Açoriano Oriental, above the club's Official Store, the authorities searched the residences of Rui Cordeiro, of the administrator and sports director, Diogo Boa Alma, and of the administrator Khaled Saleh, who represents the main private shareholder, the Singaporean Lau Lian Seng Glen.
According to Açoriano Oriental sources, there are already several defendants in this case, but the Public Prosecution Office (PPO) is yet to disclose the result of the operation.

According to the PPO briefing, the investigation involves “facts likely to be considered crimes of economic participation in business, active and passive corruption in sports, qualified tax fraud and money laundering, among others.”

Pointing out that these facts are "all related to professional football", the briefing adds that the investigation is also analyzing "the acquisition of economic rights of players by national football clubs, loans granted to one of these clubs and to a sports company by a Singapore citizen involved with companies based in the British Virgin Islands and the use of the club’s accounts, and another one, for the circulation of money".

Finally, the Public Prosecution Office writes that it is investigating "the involvement of other types of companies (some linked to the real estate sector), the payment in cash of awards, the payment of managers’ personal debts, the use by them of club money and the omission of tax declarations".

Due to suspicions of tax crimes, this operation also includes the participation of tax inspectors, who seek to collect information about a possible tax evasion, which may have harmed the public coffers.

Santa Clara at the hurricane center
Authorities have their eyes on Santa Clara Açores Futebol SAD due to deals with three Libyan players, as Sábado magazine refers in its online edition. The sale of athlete Hamdou Elhouni from Santa Clara to Benfica may indict, according the same publication, crimes of "qualified tax fraud, money laundering, forgery of documents, economic participation in business” and others.

In addition, refers Sábado magazine, the PPO is investigating whether Santa Clara is being used for money laundering by investor Lau Lian Seng Glen. Açoriano Oriental knows that the investigation aims at gathering information about an alleged personal debt of Santa Clara's SAD president, Rui Cordeiro, which might have been paid by the Azorean club.
A representative has stated that the club is collaborating "actively and serenely" for "full clarification of the situation".

The headquarters of Benfica and Sporting, in Lisbon, were also searched.

Azores Park
Following this investigation, searches were carried out on several companies managed by investor Lau Lian Seng Glen, which are also related to the sale of Azores Parque, a business under a parallel investigation.

According to our sources, the Criminal Police was focused on collecting information about Lau Glen's business with Santa Clara, but important information might have been gathered for the Azores Parque case.

The company Azores Parque was sold by public auction for 500 euros to Alixir Capital, a company included in the circle of the businessman Lau Glen. Afterwards, various assets worth 800 thousand euros were sold in the two months following the entry of the new administration, before Azores Parque was declared insolvent.