French authorities raid Paris Olympic organizers' offices as part of corruption probe

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French authorities raided the officers of Paris Olympic organizers on Tuesday amid a probe into suspected corruption, the country’s national financial prosecutor’s office said.

An official with the financial prosecutor’s office said the searches were linked to two preliminary investigations related to the 2024 Paris Olympics that had not previously been made public, according to The Associated Press.

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Reporters work outside the headquarters of the Paris Olympic organizers, Tuesday, June 20, 2023 in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

France’s Le Monde newspaper reported the raids also took place at the offices of the public body in charge of Olympic infrastructure and at the headquarters of several companies and consultants linked to the organization of the upcoming Games.

"Paris 2024 is cooperating with the investigators to facilitate their investigations," the Paris organizing committee said.

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The Olympic rings are set up in Paris Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, a day after the official announcement that the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be in the French capital. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

One of the investigations was opened in 2017 over suspected embezzlement of public funds and favoritism and concerns about an unspecified contract reached by Paris organizers, prosecutors said.

The second probe was opened in 2022 after France’s Anti-corruption Agency conducted an audit. Prosecutors said the case targeted