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| Home of Brazil’s Top Olympic Official Is Searched in Bribe Inquiry | |
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| SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Police officials in Rio de Janeiro searched the home of the head of Brazil’s Olympic committee on Tuesday as part of an investigation into allegations that politicians and Olympic officials paid bribes to secure the 2016 games. | SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Police officials in Rio de Janeiro searched the home of the head of Brazil’s Olympic committee on Tuesday as part of an investigation into allegations that politicians and Olympic officials paid bribes to secure the 2016 games. |
| The Rio de Janeiro federal prosecutor’s office said the head of the committee, Carlos Arthur Nuzman, had been called in for questioning. TV Globo broadcast images of the police entering his home on Tuesday morning. | The Rio de Janeiro federal prosecutor’s office said the head of the committee, Carlos Arthur Nuzman, had been called in for questioning. TV Globo broadcast images of the police entering his home on Tuesday morning. |
| In a statement, the prosecutor’s office said the operation was being coordinated with French and United States officials. Search and seizure warrants were carried out at the headquarters of Brazil’s Olympic committee and the Rio 2016 organizing committee. At least two arrest warrants were served, according to the statement. | In a statement, the prosecutor’s office said the operation was being coordinated with French and United States officials. Search and seizure warrants were carried out at the headquarters of Brazil’s Olympic committee and the Rio 2016 organizing committee. At least two arrest warrants were served, according to the statement. |
| Prosecutors in Brazil have opened corruption investigations into several Olympics-related infrastructure projects. But Tuesday’s developments were the first official sign that Brazil authorities are investigating the possibility that the Olympic bid may have been bought. | Prosecutors in Brazil have opened corruption investigations into several Olympics-related infrastructure projects. But Tuesday’s developments were the first official sign that Brazil authorities are investigating the possibility that the Olympic bid may have been bought. |
| In June, Sergio Cabral, the former governor of Rio de Janeiro State, was convicted of bribery and money laundering involving Olympic infrastructure projects and sentenced to 14 years in prison. | In June, Sergio Cabral, the former governor of Rio de Janeiro State, was convicted of bribery and money laundering involving Olympic infrastructure projects and sentenced to 14 years in prison. |