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The searches took place after the French government asked this summer for an audit by France s top financial watchdog into possible wrongdoing at the rugby union tournament.
French financial prosecutors (PNF) have searched the headquarters of France 2023 as part of a preliminary investigation into the Rugby World Cup organising committee
The owner of Altrad - the French company with logo rights to the All Blacks jersey for six years - is defending bribery charges with a verdict due in December.