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German refs need police clearance

GERMAN referees will need to have a police certificate of good conduct to be able to work next season, the German football association (DFB) decided yesterday as a result of an ongoing tax evasion investigation.

Tax authorities in Germany have focused on unnamed referees who are suspected of having failed to pay taxes on their income. Tax officers went through documents at the DFB headquarters and also searched private homes late last month. "As of next season a police clearance certificate will be a condition for the deployment of all referees and assistants," the DFB said. It said tax authorities had contacted 49 active referees and referee assistants, including all 41 Bundesliga and second Bundesliga referees.



 

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