Athletics: French investigators focus on Dentsu partner in sports corruption probe

August 28, 2019 11:20 AMNEW YORK/PARIS (REUTERS) - French authorities investigating corruption in international sports believe a Swiss partner of Japanese advertising giant Dentsu Inc played a "central and essential role" in deals used to embezzle sponsorship money and have asked Switzerland to raid its office and seize evidence, according to a person with knowledge of the probe and documents related to the case reviewed by Reuters.