DFB vows to cooperate with prosecutors over tax evasion claims

The German Football Association (DFB) says it will cooperate fully with prosecutors investigating claims of tax evasion in regards to a payment made to FIFA by the 2006 World Cup Organising Committee.

On Tuesday, investigators searched the premises of the DFB headquarters in Frankfurt as well as the homes of its president Wolfgang Niersbach, his predecessor Theo Zwanziger and former general secretary Horst Schmidt.

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