{"id":736878,"date":"2026-07-01T12:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/736878\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T12:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:38:09","slug":"germany-news-raids-on-dfb-host-cities-over-euro-2024-perks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/736878\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany news: Raids on DFB, host cities over Euro 2024 perks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>German authorities have carried out nationwide raids over suspected improper perks linked to Euro 2024, <a rel=\"noopener follow nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.presseportal.de\/blaulicht\/pm\/58451\/6305766\" title=\"External link \u2014 police have said in a statement\">police have said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More than 150 officers from the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia\u2019s Criminal Police Office searched the headquarters of the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-football-association-investigating-cup-game-racism\/a-73681750\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">German Football Association<\/a> (DFB) as well as city halls in multiple host cities.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are probing whether officials received unauthorized benefits, including match tickets, travel and hotel stays, potentially amounting to bribery.<\/p>\n<p>The case focuses on two suspects, a 66-year-old German and a 46-year-old French national, linked to the tournament\u2019s organizing body, Euro 2024 GmbH.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are examining whether host city officials were offered exclusive access to tickets, including for high-profile matches such as the Spain-France semi-final in Munich.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A football ticket is not part of a salary,&#8221;\u00a0Interior Minister Herbert Reul told German tabloid Bild.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anyone in public service who holds out their hand can expect a visit from us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Searches were also carried out in cities including Gelsenkirchen, Dortmund, D\u00fcsseldorf, Cologne, Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Munich, as well as at several companies<\/p>\n<p><img data-format=\"MASTER_LANDSCAPE\" data-id=\"77782144\" data-url=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/77782144_${formatId}.jpg\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" alt=\"The DFB campus in Frankfurt\" style=\"padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; max-height: 0;\"\/>The raids took place at multiple locations, including the DFB campus in FrankfurtImage: Florian Wiegand\/dpa\/picture alliance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"German authorities have carried out nationwide raids over suspected improper perks linked to Euro 2024, police have said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-736878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}