The corruption case at the Tokyo 2020 Games is gaining momentum. It no longer only affects the partnership contracts signed by the organizing committee with certain Japanese brands, but now extends to pre-Olympic events. Citing sources “ close to the investigation", Kyodo News reports that the advertising agency ADK, already implicated in the scandal, contacted the Japanese trade watchdog to report wrongdoing in the awarding of tenders for test events of the Tokyo 2020 Games. Hoping to escape certain sanctions, or benefit from a reduction in fines, ADK explained to investigators that it had obtained the organization of three pre-Olympic events without a call for tenders, or with calls for tenders. biased offers. The three contracts signed in 2018 with the organizing committee amounted to just over 100 million yen, or around 700.000 euros at current prices. The other contracts for the organization of the test events were awarded to the Dentsu agency, seven other companies and a consortium. In total, the jackpot reached around 500 million yen, or 3,5 million euros. According to the Games organizing committee, currently in the process of liquidation, the nine companies and the consortium also obtained the markets without going through calls for tender. The same practice would have been used for site management during the Games.
