Olympics-Paris 2024 headquarters searched in corruption probe

FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Paris candidacy for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games is seen on the Montparnasse tower behind the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, July 11, 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) -The headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics organising committee and those of its infrastructure partner were searched by police on Tuesday as part of investigations into alleged embezzlement of public funds and favouritism, prosecutors said.

The national financial prosecutor's office (PNF) said the Paris 2024 headquarters were raided amid a preliminary investigation launched in 2017 into contracts made by the Summer Games' organising committee.