Football
legend being dragged through the courts in Brazil amid claims his charitable
foundation owes fines for breaking environmental rules and has been banned from
leaving Brazil by a judge. The
ex-Barcelona is scheduled to appear at the Dubai International Sports
Conference this week.
Brazilian
judge Newton Fabricio demanded that Ronaldinho and his brother Assis Moreira
have their passports taken off them by authorities.
The
seizure order was made to guarantee the payment of a £1.75million fine imposed
on the pair for breaking environmental construction regulations four years ago.
They
were prosecuted for causing damage to the environment in the building of the
Ronaldinho Gaucho Institute in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre.
The
charity helps work with young and impoverished people in the city and has been
lauded for its work.
But
authorities are still demanding the fine be paid, and prosecutors say
Ronaldinho and his brother have been impossible to pin down over the money.
When
the judge first ordered the passports should be seized in November, Ronaldinho
was out of Brazil.
And
he continued travelling around the world before eventually returning to his
home country for the Christmas period.
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