Olympics: Police raid headquarters of Paris 2024 organising committee

BREAKING NEWS: Police raid headquarters of Paris 2024 Olympics organising committee… with the reason for the search unknown as they insist they are ‘cooperating fully’

  • Paris 2024 organisers confirmed a search had taken place on Tuesday morning
  • The raid comes with just over a year until the Games begin in the French capital 

Police have raided the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics organising committee, organisers said on Tuesday.

The offices of Solideo, the body overseeing construction of Olympic sites and venues in the city, were also searched.

AFP reported anti-corruption and financial crime investigators and the BRDE, the financial brigade of the Parisian police, conducted the seach. 

‘A search is currently under way at the headquarters of the organising committee,’ Paris 2024 said in a statement. ‘Paris 2024 is cooperating fully with the investigators to facilitate their inquiries.’

Paris 2024 did not give any further details but Politico reported financial police are leading the raid and are ‘collecting documents’ at the headquarters in the French capital.

Police on Tuesday raided the headquarters of the Paris 2024 organising committee

‘We do not have anything else to share at the moment,’ a Paris 2024 spokesperson said. 

Back in 2021, the French anti-corruption agency cited ‘risks affecting probity’ and ‘conflicts of interests’ surrounding the Paris 2024 games in two separate reports.

‘Imprecise and incomplete’ purchase procedures and ‘potential situations of conflicts of interests which are not overseen correctly’ were among the concerns raised by the body.

The search coincides with a meeting of the International Olympic Committee executive board, which runs from Tuesday until Thursday. 

Preparations for next year’s Olympics and Paralympics are high on the agenda at the meeting of the ruling body.

The build-up to the Games has been dominated by questions over whether Russian athletes will be able to participate, while there have also been security concerns and transport issues. 

The Olympics will be held from July 26-Aug. 11 with the Paralympic Games taking place from Aug. 28-Sept. 6.

Mail Sport has approached the IOC for comment. 

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