With only a year to go until the opening ceremony, a blow to the image of Paris 2024:
距离开幕式只有一年的时间了,2024年巴黎奥运会的形象却在日前遭受了一次打击:
police raided the headquarters of the Organizing Committee, known as Kojo, in Saint-Denis, a Paris suburb.
警方突袭了位于巴黎郊区圣德尼的巴黎奥组委总部。
Offices also raided the offices of Solideo, the body in charge of Olympics construction sites.
此外,警方还突击搜查了奥运建筑工地的负责机构--索力迪欧公司的办公室。
Prosecutors say the raids are linked to two on-going investigations into the awarding of public contracts.
检察官表示,这次突击搜查与正在进行的两项有关公共合同授予的调查有关。
The first was launched back in 2017, and the second in 2022.
第一项调查始于2017年,第二项调查始于2022年。
Both are looking into allegations of favoritism, misuse of public funds and conflicts of interest.
两项调查内容均涉及“徇私舞弊、滥用公共资金和利益冲突”。
The International Olympic Committee said it had been informed by Paris 2024 organizers that they were cooperating fully with the authorities.
国际奥委会表示,2024年巴黎奥运会的组织方已经把此事告知他们,组织方正在全力配合当局的工作。
Prosecutors took action after the French Anti-Corruption Agency raised the alarm of a deal signed off by the two groups.
检方是在法国反腐败机构对两家机构(巴黎奥组委与索力迪欧公司)签署一份协议发出警告后,采取的此次行动。
But the Olympics are no stranger to scandal.
不过对奥运会来说,丑闻并不陌生。
After Tokyo's 2020 Summer Games, an Olympics executive was arrested on suspicion of taking bribes, so he can help companies become official sponsors of the event.
在2020年东京夏季奥运会之后,一名奥运会高管因涉嫌受贿而被捕,原因是他可以帮助企业成为该赛事的官方赞助商。