On July 1, German prosecutors and police carried out nationwide raids targeting suspected improper allocation of tickets and hospitality benefits connected to the 2024 European Championship. Searches occurred at the German Football Association headquarters and city halls in multiple former host cities, with investigations focusing on a German national, a French national, and at least one municipal employee in Gelsenkirchen. The official joint statement from Bochum prosecutors and the North Rhine-Westphalia criminal office did not reference the DFB.