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Paris Olympics HQ rattled by police raids amid allegations of fraud

The entrance of the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics headquarters that police raided just over a year out from the Games. AFP - JULIEN DE ROSA

The headquarters of the organising committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been searched by police in connection with an investigation into the misappropriation of public funds and favouritism. This comes as 10 previously undocumented workers take major companies behind the construction of Olympic sites to an industrial tribunal over accusations of exploitation.

France's National Financial Prosecutor's Office said on Tuesday that, along with the HQ of the Paris 2024 Olympics committee (Cojop), searches got underway at several other sites, including Solideo – the public body in charge of building and renovating Olympic infrastructure.

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