• Papa Massata Diack accused of role in trying to blackmail athletes
• Prosecutors allege ‘mafia’ set-up that sought money from doping transgressorsFrench prosecutors have claimed Papa Massata Diack,the son of the former head of world athletics Lamine Diack, was portion of an alleged “system of corruption” that also included his father and sought to blackmail athletes who had failed drug tests.
Elaine Houlette, or France’s national financial prosecutor,told the Associated Press that Lamine Diack allegedly pocketed more than one million” euros as portion of a scheme that demanded cash from athletes to hush up suspected doping.
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Source: theguardian.com