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    Prosecutors raid Rugby World Cup 2023 HQ

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    November 9, 2022 10:33PM


    French financial prosecutors have raided the headquarters of the 2023 Rugby World Cup organising committee as part of an investigation into possible management irregularities.

    Organisers said the searches took place after the French government asked this summer for an audit by the country's top financial watchdog into possible wrongdoing at the committee, which was then headed by Claude Atcher.

    The chief executive was fired last month following a separate investigation by French labour inspectors into his workplace conduct.

    French financial prosecutors said they opened a preliminary investigation last month into charges of "favouritism, influence peddling, corruption and any other related offence relating to the management" of the organising committee.

    The prosecutor's office confirmed the raid at the headquarters in Paris and added that searches took place at other locations.

    France 2023 said in a statement that the searches were "a continuation of the mission of the General Inspectorate of Finances, mandated this summer by the government to verify the management of the organising committee's entities."

    The committee said it would not make further comments.

    The World Cup starts in 10 months in Paris.

    In a separate corruption case also involving French Rugby Federation president Bernard Laporte, prosecutors have requested a two-year sentence, including one year in jail, for Atcher.

    He has been accused of embezzling tens of thousands of euros from the federation by using his close bond with Laporte.

    A verdict is expected on December 13, with Laporte also facing the prospect of time in prison.

    The organising committee's board of directors has appointed Julien Collette - Atcher's former deputy general director - as a replacement.

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    I wonder if they'd like a working holiday in Melbourne after they finish with the Frogs. Maybe we could crowd fund simultaneous raids on Rabble HQ & Tim North's chambers.

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    "favouritism, influence peddling, corruption and any other related offence relating to the management"

    Surely that would NEVER happen in Rugby.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shasta View Post
    I wonder if they'd like a working holiday in Melbourne after they finish with the Frogs. Maybe we could crowd fund simultaneous raids on Rabble HQ & Tim North's chambers.
    I think the French stuff sounds like it's mainly about personality clashes.Tim North won't be prosecuted as they won't be able to find any evidence that he actually has a personality.

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