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Police Raid DFB HQ Over Ticket Bribery Probe

7/1/2026

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  • Over 150 police officers searched the German Football Association (DFB) headquarters and city halls in Gelsenkirchen, Dortmund, Cologne, Hamburg, Berlin and Munich.
  • Investigators are probing whether a 66-year-old German and a 46-year-old French national of Euro 2024 GmbH gave officials tickets, travel and hotel stays that could be bribery.
  • Interior Minister Herbert Reul said a football ticket is not a salary item and warned any servant who asks can expect police.