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French financial prosecutors (PNF) have been searching the headquarters of ‘France 2023’ as part of a preliminary investigation into the management of the Rugby World Cup organising committee, the PNF said on Wednesday.

French financial prosecutors have been searching the headquarters of ‘France 2023’ as part of a preliminary investigation into the management of the“In early October 2022, the PNF opened a preliminary investigation into charges of favouritism, influence peddling, corruption and any other related offence relating to the management of GIP France 2023. The investigation was entrusted to the Paris research section ,” the PNF said in a statement to Reuters.

“It follows a joint report from the Inspectorate General of Finance and the Inspectorate General of Education, Sport and Research.France 2023 said in a statement to Reuters that the search was “a continuation of the mission of the General Inspectorate of Finances, mandated this summer by the government to verify the management of the entities of the Organizing Committee with the General Inspectorate of National Education, Sport and Research.

Last month, the CEO of France 2023, Claude Atcher, was sacked after a report found that he had overseen “an extremely degraded social environment” at the organising committee.

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