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The original was posted on /r/worldnews by /u/orange_transparent on 2023-12-06 02:16:10.
Tokyo Olympics sullied by bid-rigging, bribery trials more than 2 years after the Games closed
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https://apnews.com/article/tokyo-olympics-dentsu-bid-rigging-ioc-01e43ca5aced60fc842c2c02b6375527
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Seven individuals are also facing charges from Tokyo district prosecutors in the cases, including Koji Henmi, who oversaw the sports division at Dentsu at the time.
Dentsu has a long history of lining up sponsorships and advertising with bodies like World Athletics, headed by Sebastian Coe, and the Switzerland-based International Olympic Committee, led by Thomas Bach.
“Even if what happened gets categorized as bid-rigging, all my client did was abide by the organizing committee’s intentions, following their instructions,” Yoshino told the court, presided over by a panel of three judges.
Once the Olympics landed in Tokyo, Dentsu became the chief marketing arm of the Games and raised a record $3.3 billion in local sponsorship.
Earlier this year French police searched the headquarters of the 2024 Paris Olympics in an investigation over contracts linked to the Games.
In the wake of the scandal, Dentsu has been restricted from bidding on contracts for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and by the city of Osaka and the local prefecture, which is hosting the 2025 World Exposition.
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