The raids are in connection to two separate ongoing investigations regarding 'illegal conflict of interest, misuse of public funds and favoritism.'
The headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics organisers was raided in connection with two ongoing investigations
Prosecutors confirmed to AFP that they had authorised the raids in connection to two separate ongoing investigations. The second investigation was opened in 2022 and allocated to the BRDE, the financial brigade of the Parisian police.The PNF acted after the French Anti-Corruption Agency raised red flags over several deals signed off by Cojo and Solideo.Another source told AFP that one of the two investigations surrounded Edouard Donnelly, executive director of operations for Cojo who is also a service provider for the Games via his company RNK.
AFA inspectors said the procedure for purchases was "imprecise and incomplete" and emphasised that there "exists sometimes potential situations of conflicts of interests which are not overseen correctly." David Roizen, a French expert in public policy and sport, told AFP the raids would harm the Paris organisers' image.
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