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Police search 2024 Paris Olympics HQ in corruption probe

An official with the financial prosecutor's office in Paris said the searches were based on information provided by an anti-corruption agency.

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Police are searching the headquarters of the 2024 Paris Olympics organisers as part of a probe into suspected corruption, reports Sky News.

The Paris organising committee said in a statement a search is under way at its offices in the Saint-Denis suburb of the French capital, and that "Paris 2024 is co-operating with the investigators to facilitate their investigations".

It would not comment further.

An official with the financial prosecutor's office said the searches are linked to two investigations that had not previously been made public and are based on information provided by an anti-corruption agency.

One of the probes was opened in 2017 into suspected embezzlement of public funds and favouritism and concerns about an unspecified contract reached by Paris organisers, the prosecutor's office said.

Read more of this report from Sky News.