Police raided the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics on Tuesday, just over a year out from the opening ceremony.
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Raids were carried out at the headquarters of the committee, which is known as Cojo, and at the offices of Solideo, the body in charge of the Olympic construction sites, a source close to the investigation told AFP. Two years ago two reports by the French anti-corruption agency highlighted"risks affecting probity" and"conflicts of interests" which it warned could impinge on the"whiter than whiter" image of the Games that the head of the organising committee, Tony Estanguet, wished for.
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