LISBON: A former president of Portuguese football giants Benfica, Manuel Damasio, was arrested and indicted on Thursday for alleged influence peddling and money laundering as part of an international corruption investigation. He was arrested in the morning and brought before an investigating judge who placed him in judicial custody, the Portuguese prosecutor general said in a statement. The investigation into “international business corruption, money laundering, influence peddling and tax fraud” was opened in late 2014.