Quebec’s anti-corruption squad on Tuesday raided Montreal city hall, asking employees to leave the building as they searched through files.
A spokeswoman for the anti-corruption unit, known as UPAC, confirmed evidence was being gathered of alleged fraud and breach of trust there, as well as at eight other locations, including the offices of several boroughs.
Montreal’s former mayor resigned in November after witnesses in a corruption probe linked him to an alleged mafia scheme, in which his party received kickbacks from construction bids, and said the mayor was aware of illegal party financing and campaign spending.
The commission, headed by Superior Court Justice France Charbonneau, is investigating alleged graft, bid-rigging and kickbacks in the awarding of government construction contracts in the Canadian province.
Police raid Montreal city hall
