That he was in the same area (as the athletes) created quite some concern for us.

It's just as much a violation to be in possession of forbidden doping substances or to have attempted to use them or distributed them to others. All of those are doping violations of the same significance as a positive test.

There were no stimulants, steroids or erythropoietin (EPO) found.

This is an ongoing process. It has started and it will go on until we are finished with all these cases.

A positive doping test does not constitute the sole basis for a doping violation. There are other types of anti-doping rule violations, such as the mere possession of doping substances. We don't know yet whether these athletes or coaches have been in possession. That is for the Italian authorities to inform us about.

A positive or negative dope test is not the full story. This goes on until we have a final conclusion with all elements.

Attempts are out there to pick up what science is giving.

We are very much aware...We are pre pared. We are ready to take the challenge on board, should it occur.

We wish to avoid the image of conducting some sort of witch hunt here, but we have reason to follow up a certain number of cases.

We had such information that a raid was a necessity.