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.
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.