Tax authorities probing Germany's 2006 World Cup bid launch raids on DFB offices

The corruption crisis surrounding Germany’s 2006 World Cup has intensified after tax authorities launched raids on the country’s football federation (DFB) and private residences.

Documents and hard drives were seized from the DFB’s headquarters in Frankfurt and the homes of DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach, a UEFA and FIFA executive committee member, and his predecessor Theo Zwanziger, were searched.