September 1 2016
The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has opened criminal proceedings in connection with the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball-Bund (DFB)). The suspects were members of the executive board of the organising committee for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
The suspects in the criminal proceedings are:
– Horst Rudolf Schmidt
– Theo Zwanziger
– Franz Beckenbauer
– Wolfgang Niersbach
The four persons named were members of the executive board of the organising committee for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The presumption of innocence applies to all four.