Lithuania's travel agency Baltic Clipper said on Monday it had launched an internal investigation following claims in British media that the agency's representative was involved in the sale of tickets to the London 2012 Olympics on the black market.
"We are carrying out an internal investigation into claims by the Sunday Times and are also consulting with lawyers so that they should look into the article in the British media and prepare questions to its authors," Daiva Anciūnaitė, project manager at Baltic Clipper, told BNS without elaborating.
"We are waiting what Baltic Clipper has to say officially. They are official ticket distributors having an agreement with the International Olympic Committee. We have not launched any special investigation yet," Bronius Čekanauskas, spokesman for the Lithuanian NOC, told BNS on Monday.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) launched an investigation on Friday after reports emerged that top tickets were being sold on the black market.
The Sunday Times investigation revealed that Olympic officials and agents were selling tickets on the black market for a price up to ten times higher their face value.
According to the investigation, 27 agents representing 54 countries were involved in the corruption.
The official ticket agent for Serbia offered about 1,500 tickets to events including the opening and closing ceremonies for 80,000 fees in cash whilst promising to falsify information from 1,400 Serbian passports to conceal the illicit deal from the London organizers.
China’s official ticket agency was also involved in the scandal as agents agreed to sell dozens of AA category tickets – the best in the stadium, originally meant for the British public – to fake Middle Eastern tout for up to £6,000 each.
The London 2012 Olympics will take place on 27 July to 12 August.
Baltic Clipper is the official agent selling Olympic tickets in Lithuania.
Lithuania's travel agency Baltic Clipper said on Monday it had launched an internal investigation following claims in British media that the agency's representative was involved in the sale of tickets to the London 2012 Olympics on the black market.
"We are carrying out an internal investigation into claims by the Sunday Times and are also consulting with lawyers so that they should look into the article in the British media and prepare questions to its authors," Daiva Anciūnaitė, project manager at Baltic Clipper, told BNS without elaborating.
