{"id":1952436,"date":"2023-06-20T21:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T01:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2024-paris-olympics-hq-searched-in-corruption-investigation\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T21:01:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T01:01:10","slug":"2024-paris-olympics-hq-searched-in-corruption-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2024-paris-olympics-hq-searched-in-corruption-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Olympics HQ investigated for corruption in 2024."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F2024-paris-olympics-hq-searched-in-corruption-investigation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1952436&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Olympic Corruption Probe Targets Paris 2024 Organizers<\/h2>\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>5:59 PM \u2013 Tuesday, June 20, 2023<\/p>\n<p>French police searched the\u00a02024 Paris Olympic organizer\u2019s headquarters\u00a0on Tuesday as part of a corruption probe into contracts linked to the upcoming games, which is the third time graft allegations have affected a Summer Olympics, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Paris organizing committee said in a statement that a search was conducted at its offices in the Saint-Denis district and that it was cooperating with investigators. The committee defended what it called \u201cstringent procedures\u201d in relation to the hundreds of contracts handed out for the Games.<\/p>\n<p>According to an official that works with the financial prosecutor\u2019s office and who has not been publicly named due to regulations, Tuesday\u2019s search and other related raids were linked to two preliminary investigations into the Paris Olympics. One investigation began in 2017, the year Paris was officially chosen as the 2024 host city by the International Olympic Committee, while the other probe began last year.<\/p>\n<p>The investigations were not made public until Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Corruption suspicions have lingered over the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2024-paris-olympics-hq-searched-in-corruption-investigation\/\" title=\"Paris Olympics HQ investigated for corruption in 2024.\">largest sports event multiple times<\/a>, ranging from charges about how the Games were awarded, to how contracts for construction, sponsorship, and team services were allocated.<\/p>\n<p>Several IOC members were fired over allegations of vote-buying in connection with the 2016 Rio Olympics and the Tokyo Games in 2021. Scandals surrounding the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games prompted measures that limited IOC members\u2019 communication with candidate nations, but they did not completely eliminate the possibility of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>However, Paris 2024 has gone to great lengths to demonstrate that things will be different this time. The games are being portrayed as a celebration of openness after two Olympics were closed down by the COVID-19 pandemic and as an example of \u201cdemocratic celebration\u201d following two World Cups contaminated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-court-jails-womens-rights-activist-posing-challenge-for-biden\/\" title=\"Saudi court jails women\u2019s rights activist, posing challenge for Biden\">human rights issues<\/a> in Qatar and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The organizers and Paris city council have emphasized transparency and social fairness, including plans for a free opening celebration along the Seine River for up to 500,000 people. The Games are set to take place from July 26<sup>th<\/sup> to August 11<sup>th<\/sup>, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Saccage 2024, an anti-Olympics organization that claims the Games inflict extensive environmental and social damage, said it was \u201cvery pleased\u201d with the raids.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cFor us, an event of Olympic proportions cannot be held without corruption,\u201d the group said in a statement. \u201cIt\u2019s the size of the event that makes it necessary, whatever the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The investigation, which began back in 2017, is looking into potential misuse of public funds and favoritism, as well as questions about an unidentified contract made by Paris organizers, according to the prosecutor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s probe followed a French Anti-corruption Agency examination. According to the prosecutor\u2019s office, the issue involved various contracts negotiated between the organizing committee and Solideo, the state organization in charge of Olympic infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors added that the offices of that entity were also searched. According to Le Monde, searches were conducted at the offices of various organizations and consultants involved in the Games\u2019 organization.<\/p>\n<p>Solideo is in charge of the development and refurbishment of more than 60 Olympic projects, including the athletes\u2019 village in the Saint-Denis area, which will reportedly supply around 2,000 housing units after the Games.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, representatives for the Paris 2024 Games named itself \u201cone of the most audited organizations in France,\u201d with consistent monitoring of its governance and strict procedures aimed at \u201ctransparency and propriety\u201d regarding contracts.<\/p>\n<p>The raids occurred as the IOC executive board convened in Lausanne, Switzerland, for a two-day summit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOf course, [the games] will be about Paris, where we have some good news after the visit of the coordination mission and after my visit to France, to President Macron, and also the organizing committee,\u201d said IOC president Thomas Bach on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Biden DOJ goes soft on Hunter Biden for tax evasion, while Ukraine gets an extra $6.2 billion from the Pentagon<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Joe Rogan has invited Dr. Peter Hotez to debate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., offering him $100,000 for charity. 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