A senior irish member of the international olympic committee has been arrested in rio as part of a brazilian police investigation into alleged ticket touting. pat hickey, head of the olympic council of · rio de janeiro — patrick hickey of ireland, europe’s top olympic official , was arrested here suddenly wednesday morning, accused of selling tickets to the rio games on the black market. Europe’s top olympic official arrested in rio over tickets sales police in brazil have arrested the head of the european olympic committees, irishman patrick hickey, in rio over illegal olympic ticket sales. The scandal precipitated the dramatic arrest of oci president pat hickey, while in a hotel room assigned to his son. · the head of the sports hospitality company thg sports - which was licensed to resell london 2012 and sochi 2014 olympic tickets - was arrested on charges of illegal sales. · the performance of the republic of irelands athletes at the rio de janeiro olympics was overshadowed by allegations of illegal ticket sales involving senior irish olympic officials. · during the world cup, police arrested high-level figures of the official cup corporate hospitality provider for funneling tickets to touters. · irishman patrick hickey , who heads the european olympic committees, is arrested in a police raid on his hotel room in rio over illegal ticket sales. · brazilian police on wednesday detained the president of the european olympic committees on suspicion he was involved in illegal sales of games tickets at extortionate prices, brazilian media … · dubliner mr mallon, an employee of sports hospitality company thg, was arrested on friday night at a hotel in the city along with a translator, with police saying he was in possession of 813. · europe’s top olympic official has been arrested over allegations of illegal ticket sales in brazil as part of a police inquiry which has also seen a warrant issued for ipswich town. On 5 august, the day of the 2016 summer olympics opening ceremony, police in rio de janeiro arrested two people for attempted illegal resale of hundreds of tickets allocated to the olympic council of ireland (oci). Rio de janeiro (reuters) - brazilian police arrested europes top olympic official in a dawn raid of his rio beachfront hotel on wednesday, in connection with an investigation into ticket scalping. · irishman patrick hickey, who heads the european olympic committees, is arrested in a police raid on his hotel room in rio over illegal ticket sales. Hickey immediately resigned, as well as relinquishing his membership of the international olympic committee, his role as president of the european olympic committees and his role a… · pat hickey , president of the olympic council of ireland (oci) and head of the european olympic committees, was arrested at his hotel on wednesday over alleged illegal ticket sales, brazilian.
