A detective agency in the Spanish region of Catalonia is at the centre of a spying scandal involving Colombian pop star Shakira, Barcelona FC and leading politicians and businessmen.<br /><br />Police raided the offices of the agency, Metodo Tres, last week and are understood to have seized some 20,000 files on businessmen and politicians. The head of Metodo Tres and three detectives have been arrested.<br /><br />Former employees say Barcelona FC hired the agency to spy on its defender Gerard Pique and Shakira and on senior political figures including the local leader of Spain's ruling party, Alicia Sanchez-Camacho.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Rory Challands reports from Barcelona.
