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On September 16, 2020, in the latest case involving French prosecution of international corruption, the Paris Criminal Court convicted and sentenced the former longtime head of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Lameke Diack and his son Papa Massata Diack to prison. The Paris Criminal Court convicted the men for their respective roles in soliciting and accepting payments from Russian athletes, in order to cover upallegations of doping and enable the latter to continue competing, including in the 2012 London Olympic Games.[1]
[1] See Lamine Diack: Former IAAF head found guilty of corruption and jailed, BBC, September 16, 2020, https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/54176537.