Spanish soccer club Barcelona are under investigation for suspected "active bribery" as part of a probe into suspected corruption spanning two decades at the refereeing committee, according to a court document seen by Reuters on Thursday.

FC Barcelona and several of the soccer club’s current and former executives are officially being investigated as suspects for “the sustained crime of active bribery,” according to a court document obtained by CNN – the latest twist in an alleged improper payment scandal overshadowing Spanish soccer.

Spanish police have raided offices of the country's soccer federation as part of an investigation into the payment of millions of dollars over several years by Barcelona to a former vice president of Spain’s refereeing committee.

Barcelona have been charged with suspected bribery for payments worth over €7m made to companies linked to the former VP of the refereeing committee.

Police search the offices of the Spanish refereeing committee as part of an investigation into Barcelona's alleged corrupt payments to an official.

Barcelona are facing a trial on bribery charges connected to payments to a referees’ chief that could lead to a ban for the Catalan club.The prosecuting magist

Barcelona are under formal investigation for suspected bribery in an investigation spanning two decades of activities at the country’s refereeing committee, according to a court document seen by Reute

Spanish police raided the offices of the country's soccer federation as part of a probe into the payment by Barcelona to a former refereeing official.

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish soccer club Barcelona are under formal investigation for suspected bribery in a probe spanning two decades of activities at the country's refereeing committee, according to a court document seen by Reuters on Thursday ...

Police also searched the offices of the Spanish refereeing committee (CTA) inside the football federation ( RFEF) headquarters in Madrid on Thursday, the Barcelona court said, as part of the ongoing inquiry into “possible systemic corruption” within the CTA.