Prosecutors opened investigations in 2017 and 2022 into alleged embezzlement of public funds, favoritism and concealment of favoritism in reference to contracts awarded upfront of the video games.
The “investigation needs to be allowed to run its course,” the Paris 2024 committee mentioned in an announcement confirming its headquarters had been searched.
Worldwide Olympic Committee officers “have been knowledgeable by Paris 2024, that they’re cooperating totally with the authorities on this matter,” based on an announcement from the IOC.
The raid comes lower than a month after Brigitte Henriques, the previous president of France’s Nationwide Olympic Committee, which organizes the French Olympic crew, introduced her sudden resignation and requested for an inner audit following public tensions with different committee leaders.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who was an outspoken proponent of internet hosting the Video games, has staked political capital on their success, saying formidable tasks within the run-up, together with a plan to wash the Seine and the Marne rivers, to make them swimmable.
Monetary scandals have rocked the Olympics lately, together with bribery fees tied to the 2020 Tokyo Video games sponsorships.
The Paris Olympic Video games are scheduled to happen July 26 to Aug. 11 subsequent 12 months.
