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☆ How Rudy Giuliani Became Co-Conspirator 1
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Jonah E. Bromwich | More About Jonah E. Bromwich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Rudolph W. Giuliani is co-conspirator 1. But co-conspirator 1, who Mr. Giuliani’s lawyer acknowledged appeared to be his client, figures in each of the three conspiracies it alleges took place — leaving open the possibility that Mr. Giuliani could be charged himself. The former mayor who made his name as a lawman now faces a reckoning with the law. Mr. Giuliani’s relationship with Mr. Trump hangs in the balance. A person close to Mr. Trump who spoke confidentially to describe a private relationship said that while they don’t speak regularly, the former president retains a fondness for Mr. Giuliani born from his stint as mayor, when the two dealt with each other often.

Persons: Rudolph W, Giuliani, Donald J, Trump, Giuliani’s, Jack Smith Organizations: New Locations: New York City, Georgia

☆ Jack Smith’s Experience in The Hague and the Trump Investigations - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Gary J. Bass | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Although part of Kosovo’s legal system, the institution is headquartered in The Hague and staffed by international judges and personnel — which is how Mr. Smith, a U.S. citizen, wound up serving as its specialist prosecutor. It is always difficult and risky to prosecute national leaders with some popularity among their people. Even so, the Truman administration quietly undercut that pledge of unconditional surrender for Emperor Hirohito, fearing that the Japanese might fight on if he was prosecuted as a war criminal. The Truman administration left the emperor securely in the Imperial Palace while his prime ministers and generals were tried and convicted by an Allied international military tribunal in Tokyo. At an earlier point in his career, from 2008 to 2010, Mr. Smith worked as the investigation coordinator in the prosecutor’s office at the International Criminal Court, the permanent international war crimes tribunal based in The Hague.

Persons: Smith hewed, Smith, Hashim Thaci, Trump, Thaci, Augusto Pinochet’s, Truman, Emperor Hirohito, John Bolton, ”, Mike Pompeo Organizations: United Nations, Kosovo, Chambers, White, Kosovo Liberation Army, Allied, Criminal Court Locations: Nuremberg, Tokyo, Yugoslavia, Rwanda, East Timor, Sierra Leone, Serbia, The Hague, U.S, Kosovo, Chile, Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, Imperial, Afghanistan, Zambia

☆ Ayotzinapa: Independent experts quit Mexico over roadblocks on 43 missing students case
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Sofia Cox | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI), a committee of jurists and doctors, are in Mexico to investigate the disappearance of the students, who vanished during a visit to the southwestern city of Iguala. But after presenting their final fact-finding report on Tuesday, the experts said they faced a series of roadblocks, and would be withdrawing from the investigation and leaving the country next week. Last August, a Mexican court issued at least 83 arrest warrants for people allegedly involved in the 2014 disappearance, but so far no one has been convicted in relation to the students’ disappearance. “The reason why we are leaving is because we cannot go further without that information,” she told CNNE. “Really, we have delivered this report with what could be done, but we cannot move forward without that information… so that is the reason why we are leaving Mexico.”

Persons: they’re, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, “, Obrador, ”, Carlos Beristain, Angela Buitrago, CNNE Organizations: CNN, Independent, Prosecutor’s Locations: Mexico, Iguala, Ayotzinapa, Mexico City

Taipei, Taiwan CNN —Two Taiwan police officers are under investigation after a botched sting operation led to a minor being sexually assaulted, prompting public uproar and an official apology from the local police department. According to the court verdict, Chang solicited sex from the girl, offering 5,000 New Taiwan dollars (about $160), and asked her for nude photos. The police put together a sting operation, with the girl agreeing to meet with Chang under the pretense of having sex with him, the verdict revealed. The guardian had agreed to the sting operation, the spokesperson added. The two officers involved in the sting operation have been referred to the district prosecutor’s office for investigation of their alleged negligence and failure in performing their duties, said the spokesperson.

Persons: Chang Ming, Chang Organizations: Taiwan CNN —, Taiwan, Taoyuan Police Department, Focus, Central News Agency Locations: Taipei, Taiwan, Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taoyuan city, Focus Taiwan

CNN —Authorities in Mexico are searching for a man who they say intentionally set a bar on fire after being kicked out, killing 11 people overnight near the Arizona border in the Mexican state of Sonora. The fire broke out at 1:33 a.m. Saturday at a bar in San Luis Rio Colorado, near the United States border city of San Luis, Arizona, according to a statement from the Sonora Attorney General’s Office. The person suspected of starting the fire, who authorities said had “a high degree of intoxication,” threw an object with fire at the drinking establishment’s doors after security staff removed him from the building, according to the statement translated from Spanish. “According to versions (from) several witnesses, the person with a young, male appearance was disrespecting women in that bar and was expelled,” according to the statement. The prosecutor’s office described the object thrown at the bar as “a kind of ‘Molotov’ cocktail, which caused the incident.”The 11 people killed include seven men and four women, and four people with injuries were being treated in hospitals in San Luis Río Colorado and the US, according to the statement.

Persons: San Luis Rio, ”, Molotov, San Luis Río Colorado Organizations: CNN, Authorities, San Luis Rio Colorado, General’s Locations: Mexico, Arizona, Mexican, Sonora, San Luis, United States, San Luis , Arizona

Paris CNN —Paris-Saint Germain (PSG) and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and his partner were attacked and robbed in his apartment in Paris on Thursday evening, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. “An investigation has been launched into charges of armed robbery, gang kidnapping and aggravated violence following the events that took place overnight at Mr. Donnarumma’s place,” the prosecutor’s office told CNN. Donnarumma’s agent told CNN in a statement that the goalkeeper and his partner “are in shock at what happened but doing well under the terrible circumstances. This is not the first time a PSG player has been robbed. In March 2021, both the homes of PSG players Marquinhos and Angel Di Maria were raided and robbed in the Paris region.

Persons: Saint Germain, Gianluigi Donnarumma, “, CNN also, BFMTV, Angel Di Maria, Donnarumma Organizations: Paris CNN —, PSG, Paris, Mr, CNN, French, Marquinhos, Cerezo Osaka, Inter Milan Locations: Paris CNN — Paris, Italy, Paris, Japan, Osaka, Saudi Arabian, Tokyo

CNN —The northern Italian city of Padua has started removing the names of non-biological gay mothers from their children’s birth certificates under new legislation passed by the “traditional family-first” government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. These birth certificates belong to 33 children of Italian women who underwent artificial insemination abroad and then registered their children under the city’s center-left government, led by Sergio Giordani, in 2017. The prosecutor’s office in Padua confirmed to CNN that, as of Thursday, 27 mothers had been removed from 27 birth certificates. Mauro Ujetto/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesThe measure means that only the biological parent of a child can be named on a birth certificate. The measure also stops men in a same-sex relationship from registering the birth of their child with both fathers’ names.

Persons: Giorgia Meloni, Sergio Giordani, Giordani, ”, Mauro Ujetto, aren’t, Eugenia Roccella, “, Meloni’s, Meloni Organizations: CNN, Families, Family Association Locations: Italian, Padua, Torino, Italy, ” Padua, Padua’s

CNN —Two more tourists have been caught apparently defacing the Colosseum in Rome, following a similar incident in June. The very next day, a 17-year-old student from Germany was caught allegedly doing something similar. This is the same punishment potentially faced by a 27-year-old British tourist who was filmed apparently carving his name into the wall of the ancient arena last month. Dimitrov allegedly scratched “Ivan+Hayley 23” into the wall of the Colosseum, representing his and his girlfriend’s names. A similar incident also occurred in 2020, when security staff spotted an Irish tourist allegedly carving his initials into the ancient structure and reported him to the police.

Persons: Ivan Dimitrov, “, regrettably, ”, Alexandro Maria Tirelli, Dimitrov, Ivan, Hayley, Gennaro Sangiuliano Organizations: CNN Locations: Rome, Switzerland, Province of Rome, Germany, Irish

☆ Another twist in the 40-year-old missing ‘Vatican girl’ case
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It gained further international attention with the release last fall of Netflix’s “Vatican Girl” docuseries by filmmaker Mark Lewis. Among the documents was correspondence between Agostino Casaroli, then Vatican secretary of state, and a Colombian priest who had been the spiritual guide and confessor of the Orlandi family. Now the Orlandi family fears that the Vatican dossier does not include investigatory leads they hoped the Rome prosecutor would follow – primarily that the Vatican was somehow involved. The teenager was the daughter of a prominent Vatican employee and lived inside the fortified walls of Vatican City, where her mother still lives. Laura Sgro, the attorney for the Orlandi family, said at the press conference that the authorities had also cleared the uncle.

Persons: Rome, Orlandi, Netflix’s, Mark Lewis, Pietro Orlandi, La7, Agostino Casaroli, Laura Sgro, Mario Meneguzzi, Emanuela’s, ”, ” Pietro Orlandi, Natalina Orlandi, Emanuela, Andreas Solaro, Pope Francis, angelus, “, Natalina, Meneguzzi, Pietro Orlandi’s, Alessandro Diddi, Sgro, Enrico de Pedis Organizations: Rome CNN, Vatican, Catholic, Foreign Press Association, Getty, Dei Catholic, Rome police, Rome, CNN, Pontifical Teutonic College Locations: Rome, Italy, Colombian, AFP, Piazza Navona, Vatican City

☆ ‘10 Seconds’: Outrage Follows Acquittal in Italy Abuse Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Elisabetta Povoledo | More About Elisabetta Povoledo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For days, many Italians have flooded social media with two unusual calls to outrage: “#10secondi” and “#palpatabreve,” or “10 seconds” and “brief grope.”The hashtags refer to a court sentence, made public this week in Rome, that acquitted a 66-year-old school janitor who was accused of improperly touching a 17-year-old student, including by sticking his hands into her pants and touching her bottom. In court, the janitor admitted some touching, saying the teenager had been pulling up her pants and — mimicking her gesture — he had reached out and lifted her pants as a joke, but he denied putting his hands inside her trousers. The student testified in court last February that the entire episode lasted between five and 10 seconds. In its decision last week, a court in Rome ruled that the janitor’s behavior could not be construed as either libidinous or lustful because it had taken place at the school, a public place in front of other students; because it had only lasted “a handful of seconds”; and because the janitor had apologized immediately after and made light of the episode. The prosecutor’s office has until July 21 to appeal the verdict.

Persons: — Locations: Rome

☆ France's Elysee Palace was mailed chopped fingertip, says Paris prosecutor
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Oliver Briscoe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —A police investigation has been launched after a chopped finger was sent to the official residence of the French president, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. The package delivered to the Elysee palace contained “a piece of a finger, a fingertip it seems,” the prosecutor’s office told CNN on Thursday. The fingertip is believed to belong to the sender, CNN affiliate BFMTV reported. The Elysee is the official home in Paris of French President Emmanuel Macron, who has held office since 2017. CNN has reached out to the Elysee for comment.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron Organizations: CNN, Paris, Thursday . Police, BFMTV, French, Elysee Locations: Paris

CNN —A Guatemalan court has suspended the party of one of the candidates in next month’s presidential run-off election, raising questions over the vote. Movimiento Semilla is the party of opposition candidate Bernardo Arévalo. The FECI investigation established at least 12 deceased people registered by Movimiento Semilla, according to Curruchich. He said in the video message that the party paid a total of approximately US$22,000 in exchange for 5,000 signatures with the aim of reaching the minimum necessary to become a political party and participate in elections. “And it’s evident that it does not have any legal support.”Guatemala has struggled with corruption and poor governance.

Persons: Rafael Curruchich, Bernardo Arévalo, Sandra Torres, Arévalo, ” Organizations: CNN —, Guatemalan Public Ministry, Movimiento Semilla, Semilla, CNN Locations: United States, ” Guatemala, Central America

A lawyer for Woehrmann said DWS' internal investigations "did not reveal any evidence of misconduct on the part of my client". A spokesperson for prosecutors in Frankfurt, where DWS is headquartered, would only say an individual was targeted but would not name the person. DWS declined to comment on Woehrmann, but has said that it stands by its financial disclosures and fund prospectuses and is cooperating with investigators. At present, we cannot estimate when and how the proceeding of the Frankfurt Public Prosecutor’s Office will be concluded," DWS said. Woehrmann resigned as CEO of DWS last year after German prosecutors raided the offices of DWS and Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt over the allegations.

Persons: DWS's, Asoka Woehrmann, Patrizia, Woehrmann, DWS, BaFin, Matthias Inverardi, Miranda Murray, Sabine Wollrab, Susan Fenton, Louise Heavens Organizations: Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt Public, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Thomson Locations: FRANKFURT, Frankfurt

☆ Kylian Mbappé: New PSG coach Luis Enrique swerves question on French star’s future
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —New Paris Saint-Germain head coach Luis Enrique swerved multiple questions about the future of the club’s star attacker Kylian Mbappé during his official unveiling on Wednesday. This is a French club, and as he has said, he is not planning to leave for free. It is very clear.”The future of Mbappé will be one of the biggest question marks hanging over Enrique’s beginning as PSG manager after joining on Wednesday. However, despite the star-studded nature of the squad, PSG once again suffered a humiliating from the Champions League in the knockout stages, losing to Bayern Munich. CNN reached out to Galtier’s representation and PSG for comment at the time but did not receive a response.

Persons: Germain, Luis Enrique swerved, Kylian Mbappé, Enrique, Mbappé, “, … He’s, Nasser Al, Khelaifi, Luis, Campos, Gonzalo Fuentes, Christophe Galtier, Galtier, John Valovic, ”, Olivier Martin Organizations: CNN, New, New Paris Saint, Spanish national, PSG, ” PSG, League, UEFA Nations League, Roma, Celta Vigo, Real Madrid, Spain national, La Roja, French League, Ligue, Champions League, Bayern Munich Locations: New Paris, Barcelona, Paris, French, Spain, Italian, Barça, Nice, France, Galtier

☆ PSG coach Christophe Galtier to stand trial for alleged psychological harassment and racial discrimination
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Matt Foster | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) coach Christophe Galtier is to stand trial in Nice, France, over allegations of psychological harassment and racial discrimination, according to the public prosecutor involved in the case. Xavier Bonhomme, the prosecutor for the judicial court in Nice, tweeted a photo of the office’s press release relating to the matter on Friday. Prosecutors say the two men have denied the offenses. Prosecutors in Nice say that the preliminary investigation involved interviews with Nice players during Galtier’s tenure, as well as directors and staff members at the club. Prosecutors say the maximum punishment Galtier could face if found guilty of psychological harassment and racial discrimination is a three year prison sentence and a €45,000 fine (around $49,000)

Persons: Germain, Christophe Galtier, Xavier Bonhomme, John Valovic, Galtier, Valovic, “, ”, Olivier Martin, Julien Fournier, Fournier, Julien Absalon, Dave Brailsford, Galtier’s Organizations: CNN, Paris Saint, PSG, Prosecutors, Nice, OGC Nice Locations: Nice, France, Galtier, Europe

☆ Mayor says home ‘rammed’ and set on fire as France detains hundreds more protesters
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Jake Kwon Heather Chen Xiaofei Xu Martin Goillandeau Alex Hardie Alex Stambaugh | Jake Kwon | Heather Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

He said the mayor’s wife and two children, aged 5 and 7, fled through the back garden. While running away, the mayor’s wife hurt her shin which “appears to be broken,” according to the prosecutor. His mother, Mounia, told television station France 5 on Friday that she blamed only the officer who shot her son for his death. Hundreds detainedWhile the French government has deployed security forces and riot police across the country, the unrest continued with another night of protests. More than 700 people were detained across France overnight, according to a provisional tally from the Interior Ministry.

Persons: ”, Vincent Jeanbrun, “, ” Jeanbrun, Stéphane Hardouin, Hardouin, Nahel, Mounia, Gérald Darmanin Organizations: CNN, France, Interior Ministry, China’s Locations: Paris, Jeanbrun’s, France, Nanterre, China, Marseille

CNN —Two people were killed at Moldova’s main international airport on Friday when a “foreign citizen” who was not allowed to enter the country opened fire, according to the country’s Interior Ministry. “Tragic day for Moldova after the incident at Chisinau International Airport, resulting in two lives lost,” Moldova’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Nicu Popescu said in a Twitter post Friday. All relevant state authorities are on the scene and “efforts are underway to bring the situation back to normal,” the ministry added. “The leadership of the country has been urgently informed of the situation,” the ministry added. A witness on the scene told CNN passengers at the airport were evacuated from the main building and that afterwards they heard several shots.

Persons: ”, ” Moldova’s, Nicu Popescu, “, We’ve, ” Popescu Organizations: CNN, Ministry, Chisinau International, Foreign Locations: Moldova, Chisinau

Paris CNN —French authorities arrested about 150 people overnight as protests broke out for a second night over the fatal police shooting of a teenager, officials said Thursday. The incident triggered violent protests in several Paris suburbs on Tuesday night, during which 24 police officers were injured and 40 cars set alight, French authorities said. In anticipation of violence stretching into a second evening, 2,000 extra police officers were mobilized Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Darmanin expressed support for police and firefighters, saying: “shame on those who did not call for calm.”The officer who allegedly shot the teenager was taken into custody Tuesday and will undergo questioning by prosecutors, Nanterre prosecutor’s office told CNN. The death of the 17-year-old was pronounced Tuesday morning “following at least one gunshot wound” and despite the intervention of emergency medics, the Nanterre prosecutor’s office said earlier.

Persons: Paris CNN —, Gérald Darmanin, Darmanin, Geoffroy Van Der, Emmanuel Macron, ” Macron, ”, “, Olivier Véran, won’t, ” Véran, …, Naël’s, Fiachra GIBBONS, Mercedes Organizations: Paris CNN, CNN, Protesters, Getty, Interior Ministry, Prosecutors, Mercedes AMG, Interior, Twitter Locations: France, Paris, Nanterre, Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt, AFP

☆ What’s behind the unrest in France?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Emma Bubola | Aurelien Breeden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

About 180 people were arrested and 170 officers were injured, France’s interior minister said. The unrest was in response to the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old by a police officer in Nanterre, a suburb west of Paris, on Tuesday. On Tuesday morning, a police officer shot and killed a 17-year-old boy, who has been identified only as Nahel M., while the teenager was driving. The prosecutor in Nanterre said Nahel was driving in a bus lane and, when officers tried to stop him, drove through a red light to get away. He was killed by a single shot that went through his left arm and chest, the prosecutor said.

Persons: Nahel Organizations: Mercedes Locations: Nanterre, Paris

☆ Nanterre, France: Police officer held after 17-year-old fatally shot near Paris during traffic stop
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Mylene Loubiere-Anderson Saskya Vandoorne Alex Stambaugh Oliver Briscoe Helen Regan | Mylene Loubiere-Anderson | Saskya Vandoorne | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Paris CNN —French authorities investigating the fatal police shooting of a teenager during a traffic stop near Paris on Tuesday have detained one officer, as clashes broke out overnight between law enforcement personnel and youth angered over the death. The police officer is in custody on suspicion of “culpable homicide,” following the incident at around 8:18 a.m. local time on Tuesday in the suburb of Nanterre, according to a statement from the local prosecutor’s officer. Three people were in the car, a Mercedes AMG, at the time of the incident, it said. The death of the 17-year-old was pronounced at 9:15 a.m. local time “following at least one gunshot wound” and despite the intervention of emergency medics, the Nanterre prosecutor’s office said. Earlier, Paris Police Chief Laurent Nunez told CNN affiliate BFMTV in an interview that the officer fired when the teenager refused to follow police instructions.

Persons: Paris CNN —, Mercedes, Gerald Darmanin, ”, Laurent Nunez, “, Zakaria Abdelkafi, Nunez, CNews Organizations: Paris CNN, French, Twitter, Paris Police, CNN, BFMTV, Firefighters, Getty Locations: Paris, Nanterre, AFP, Nanterre Tuesday

☆ 4 More Arrested in Human Smuggling Case That Left 53 Dead in Texas
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( John Yoon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Four more men have been arrested in Texas in connection with a human smuggling operation that left 53 people dead on the outskirts of San Antonio last year, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday. The arrests on Monday, which came one day shy of the first anniversary of the discovery of the dead migrants, marked a significant development in the federal investigation into one of the deadliest episodes involving migrants along the southern border of the United States in recent history. The arrests of the men brings to six the number of people facing criminal charges in the case. The four men arrested this week are Riley Covarrubias-Ponce, 30, Felipe Orduna-Torres, 28, Luis Alberto Rivera-Leal, 37, and Armando Gonzales-Ortega, 53, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Texas. They were part of a human smuggling organization that brought people into the United States from Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico from December 2021 to June 2022, the federal prosecutor’s office in San Antonio said.

Persons: Riley Covarrubias, Felipe Orduna, Torres, Luis Alberto Rivera, Leal, Armando Gonzales, Ortega Organizations: San Antonio, Attorney’s, Western, Western District of Locations: Texas, San, United States, Ponce, Western District, Western District of Texas, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, San Antonio

CNN —A 2-year-old boy in Norwalk, Ohio, shot his pregnant mother in the back, killing her and the unborn child, police say. Police received a call just after 1 p.m. on June 16 from the 31-year-old mother, who said she was “shot in the back by her 2-year-old son,” according to a news release from the Norwalk Police Department. Both the mother and her son “were found in the upstairs master bedroom, along with” a pistol, the release said. During their search, detectives seized an additional 12-round magazine for the pistol that the 2-year-old had gotten hold of in a nightstand in the master bedroom. They also discovered a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun with six rounds in the master bedroom closet and an airsoft rifle in the computer room closet.

Persons: ”, “, ‘, ’ ” Organizations: CNN, Police, Norwalk Police Department, Norwalk Police Locations: Norwalk , Ohio, Norwalk, Huron County

Paris CNN —Six people remain in a critical condition and one person is missing after a gas explosion in central Paris on Wednesday, the Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN on Thursday. Francois Braun, France’s health minister, told CNN affiliate BFMTV Thursday that some of those injured are suffering from “extremely significant burns,” while others have suffered “significant traumatic injuries” due to the blast. Laure Beccuau, the Paris prosecutor said that early signs indicate that the gas explosion came from within the building that houses the Paris American Academy, according BFMTV. Paris American Academy, a fashion and design school, describes itself on its website as the “first bilingual design school” in the French capitalKent State University, in the US state of Ohio, said all its students at the Paris American Academy are safe and accounted following the blast. Another woman who didn’t want to give her name and lives in a neighboring avenue told CNN that her doors slammed shut from the explosion.

Persons: Rue Saint Jacques, Laurent Nunez, Francois Braun, ”, Gerald Darmanin, Laure Beccuau, Gonzalo Fuentes, Anne, Anne Hidalgo, Emmanuel Macron, “, ” Macron Organizations: Paris CNN —, CNN, Rue Saint, BFMTV, Paris American Academy, Kent State University, Reuters, Authorities Locations: Paris, Rue, Ohio, Élysée

☆ French police raid Paris 2024 organizing committee office, spokesman says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Joseph Ataman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Paris CNN —French police raided the offices of the Paris 2024 organizing committee in France’s capital Tuesday morning, a committee spokesperson confirmed to CNN. Paris 2024 spokersperson Jonathan Firpo told CNN that a “police search is currently underway at the headquarters of the Organising Committee.”“Paris 2024 is cooperating fully with the investigators to facilitate their investigations,” Firpo said. According to an internal email sent to committee employees seen by CNN affiliate BFMTV, French financial police are leading the search. “Several” sites were raided by police, including the Paris 2024 offices and the headquarters of SOLIDEO, the public body responsible for much of the construction and infrastructure around the Paris 2024 games, the financial prosecutor’s office said. This followed an inspection by the French anti-corruption agency, the financial prosecutor’s office said.

Persons: spokersperson Jonathan Firpo, ”, ” Firpo Organizations: Paris CNN —, CNN, Paris, BFMTV, French, Financial Prosecutor’s, Paralympic Games Locations: Paris, France’s, SOLIDEO, French

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