Police searching 2024 Paris Olympics headquarters in corruption investigation

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An official with the financial prosecutor's office said the searches are based on information provided by an anti-corruption agency.

 

Police are searching the headquarters of the 2024 Paris Olympics organisers as part of a probe into suspected corruption.

The Paris organising committee said in a statement that a search is under way at its offices in the Saint-Denis suburb of the French capital, and that "Paris 2024 is co-operating with the investigators to facilitate their investigations."

 

It would not comment further.

An official with the financial prosecutor's office said the searches are linked to two investigations that had not previously been made public and are based on information provided by an anti-corruption agency.

 

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[klauskunkel]

Sacré bleu!

[jchfriis]

Corruption in the Olympics? I'm shocked!

Next they will find corruption in FIFA!

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I think there should be a meta-Olympics wherein all the various Olympics held over the years compete to see which one was the most corrupt.