BREAKING NEWS

French financial prosecutors raid Paris 2024 Olympics headquarters

Organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympics said on Thursday their headquarters had been raided Wednesday by the country's national financial prosecutor.

"Paris 2024 confirms that the PNF (Parquet national financier) visited its headquarters on Wednesday Oct. 18 and obtained all the information it requested," the statement said.

"Paris 2024 is cooperating fully with the investigation, as it has always done."

The PNF could not be immediately reached for comment.