(ATR) London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe will seek to reassure the IOC Executive Board meeting Saturday that the G4S security debacle will not be a major issue come Games-time.
The private security contractor's failure to deliver on its commitments to train enough staff for the Olympics has been a huge embarrassment for LOCOG and the British government. An extra 3,500 troops have been brought in to plug the shortfall in security.
Coe is expected to give an update on London's security situation as part of his presentation to the EB on London's last week of preparations for the Games.
While a constant barrage of questions from media over the past week has made the security issue a high-profile headache for LOCOG, the IOC is not thought to be too concerned one week out from the Games.
IOC president Jacques Rogge, who arrived at Heathrow on Friday, said he was "confident" in a safe and secure Games.
The organizing committee presidents of the three Olympics after London will also report to the EB on Saturday - Dmitry Chernyshenko for Sochi 2014, Rio 216's Carlos Nuzman and Jin Sun Kim, head of PyeongChang 2018.
Another major item on the EB agenda is an ethics commission update on the London 2012 ticketing scandal that involved a number of NOC leaders.
FIFA's handling of the ISL corruption scandal is also a topic for discussion. Swiss court documents released last week confirmed that former IOC member Joao Havelange and ex-Brazil 2014 World Cup boss Ricardo Teixeira received millions of dollars in kickbacks in the scandal involving FIFA's now-defunct marketing company.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter, a Swiss IOC member, said U.S. lawyer Michael J. Garcia, appointed this week as lead prosecutor for FIFA's two-chamber ethics body, will be free to examine the ISL scandal.
Also up for EB discussion are the suspected positive cases uncovered in retesting of doping samples from the Athens 2004 Olympics.
An update will come on the IOC's investigation into the five "adverse analytical findings" reported by the drug-testing laboratory in Lausanne.
The IOC Executive Board will wrap up its work in one day, with Rogge set to appear at a media briefing at 8 p.m.
Reported by Mark Bisson
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