Investigations have been opened for favoritism, influence traffic and corruption.
Le Monde with AFP
A preliminary survey was opened in early October on the management of the Public Interest Group (GIP) France 2023, responsible for organizing the Rugby World Cup, reported the National Financial Public Prosecutor’s Office (PNF), confirming a Team information. A search is underway at the headquarters of GIP France 2023, also said the organizing committee. The PNF confirmed to carry out searches.
This survey was opened for favoritism, influence traffic, corruption and any other related offense, following a report of the General Inspectorate of Finance and the General Inspection of Education, Sport and research, in particular concerning the management of the former director general Claude ATCHER, revoked in mid-October. The joint mission has been working since this summer since this summer to, in particular, “analyze the existence of possible breaches of economic and financial probity or conflicts of interest” within the GIP.
According to the sports daily, the investigators are interested in the personal costs of Mr. Atcher, who could have been unduly paid for by the GIP, such as the use of VTC, in certain past markets as well as to possible irregularities linked to the Ticketing of the 2023 World Cup.
“Alarming managerial practices”
At the end of June, the sports daily had published A long investigation relating to work at work due to” Management by the terror “of the ex-director general. Immediately after, the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castera, had asked for the referral to the labor inspectorate as well as the GIP ethics committee, in which the French Rugby Federation (FFR) is the majority (more than 60 % ), and the minority state.
The delivery of the Ethics Committee report this summer, reporting “alarming managerial practices”, had led the Ministry of Sports in early September, in concert with the FFR and the French Olympic Committee, which also sits at the GIP, To be placed as a claude ATCHER conservatory awaiting the investigation of the labor inspectorate. He was finally dismissed from his post as director general of the organizing committee on October 11, less than a year from the kick -off of the competition.