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German media: Tax authorities searching premises of German soccer federation.

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    FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2015 photo Wolfgang Niersbach, Chairman of the German Soccer Association, DFB, addresses the media during a visit at the training ground of the soccer club FC Lindenau in Leipzig, Germany. German authorities are searching the premises of the country's soccer federation over payments made to FIFA in connection with the 2006 World Cup. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file) (The Associated Press)

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    FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2005 file photo then president of the German soccer federation DFB Theo Zwanziger attends a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany. German authorities are searching the premises of the country's soccer federation over payments made to FIFA in connection with the 2006 World Cup. (AP Photo/Michael Probst,file) (The Associated Press)

FRANKFURT, Germany – German media are reporting that tax authorities are searching the premises of the German soccer federation.

Daily Bild reported Tuesday that the raids were taking place at the federation's headquarters in Frankfurt, and published photos it said showed the raid.

German news agency dpa separately reported the raids, without citing sources.

Frankfurt prosecutors couldn't immediately be reached for confirmation.