Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of world athletics’ ruling body the IAAF, and his son Papa Massata Diack are to stand trial in France on charges of corruption and money laundering, sources told AFP.
Diack was IAAF president between 1999-2015 but his reignended in chaos amid charges he and his son obstructed sanctions against Russiafor doping in return for payments.
Papa Massata Diack, who has never been questioned by Frenchofficials, is one of five others who will face trial on the same charges.
The French investigation into Diack began in 2015 whenBritain’s Sebastian Coe took over from the 86-year-old Senegalese as IAAFpresident.
French prosecutors took up the case because they suspectmoney was laundered in France.
The backdrop to the investigation is the system ofstate-sponsored doping uncovered in Russia by the World Anti-Doping Agency(WADA).Prosecutors allege that Lamine Diack wasprepared to accept funding for political campaigns in Senegal in returnfor IAAF anti-doping officials turning ablind eye to Russian athletes caught doping.