Adidas AG faced a second consecutive day of raids by criminal prosecutors and customs investigators, intensifying a years-long tax investigation into the German sports brand.

The sportswear maker said some of its locations in Germany were searched in connection with an investigation into customs and tax-import compliance.

Criminal prosecutors and customs investigators raided Adidas’s headquarters in Germany for a second consecutive day on Wednesday, an escalation of a multiyear probe into suspected tax evasion by the sports brand potentially worth more than €1.1bn.

Adidas AG headquarters in Germany was raided as part of a five-year tax investigation. The company said that multiple offices were probed, including its headquarters located in Herzogenaurach. The investigation,

Authorities conducted a raid at Adidas AG’s headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany, on Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into potential breaches of tax and customs regulations. The probe spans a five-year period starting in October 2019 and focuses on the importation of products into Germany.