The scandal broke in late 2014 when German broadcaster ARD alleged a number of positive dope tests involving Russian athletes were covered up by IAAF officials.
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WADA later released a short statement in which it said that the investigations had been prompted by its information.
A WADA commission led by former president Dick Pound has been investigating claims that corruption in Russian Federation and at the IAAF allowed doping to thrive.
A legal adviser to Diack, Habib Cisse, also was placed under investigation by judges acting on evidence provided by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
“Because the investigations have just started, we can not affirm that all this money came from payments from Russian athletes”, she said.
The Monaco-based IAAF confirmed a police swoop took place at its headquarters on Tuesday “to carry out interviews and access documentation”.
“The IAAF is fully cooperating with all investigations as it has been from the beginning of the process”.
Papa Massata Diack, a former consultant to the sport’s governing body, was charged with various alleged breaches of the IAAF’s Code of Ethics, Michael Beloff said in a statement.
“It’s hard to determine whether the entirety of it comes from the Russian athletics federation, but at least a part of it has gone through this federation”.
“It is no secret for anybody in the world of athletics that Diack has created a whole system of bribes and extortion through his son, Papa Massata Diack, who until recently headed IAAF’s marketing programs”, the source said.
“We have already said that there were problems with our federation, but the old management are no longer working there”, he said. “You have to understand that now there are a lot of criminal cases around the world, and it is not an easy situation to be in”. He is now being held in France for questioning on charges relating to corruption and money laundering. Reuters has not been able to reach Diack for comment.
“Given the cloud that hangs over our association this is clearly not the time for the global athletics family to be gathering in celebration of our sport”, IAAF president Sebastian Coe said in a statement.
“I will do everything in my power so that a kid going to Haringey Athletics Club (in north London) tonight can be confident they can devote more than half their young lives to this sport in the certain knowledge that the guys they are lining up alongside are not cheating”, Coe told Thursday’s edition of the Telegraph.
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Asked how much Diack senior is believed to have pocketed, she replied: “From what we’ve verified, it is more than 1 million euros and this money seemingly transmitted through the Russian athletics federation”. “We have them but we also resolve them”.
