Artist’s render of the BMX biking track, one of nine venues at the Deodoro Olympic cluster (www.rio2016.com)
Brazilian police have swooped on construction companies building part of the 2016 Olympics site in Rio de Janeiro.
It marks an escalation of the federal police investigation into suspected corruption in the construction of the Games’ venues.
The police said search warrants were used for the raid on the headquarters of the consortium responsible for building the Deodoro Sports Complex (pictured), which will host 11 events when the Olympics take place in August. The consortium comprises privately-owned Brazilian construction firms OAS SA and Queiroz Galvao.
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