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.

Investigators carried out searches at Adidas's headquarters for a second consecutive day, the Financial Times reported, the latest stage in a years-long probe of what Handelsblatt newspaper reported was 1.

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

Adidas's German headquarters were raided on Tuesday in connection with a years-long tax investigation, the company confirmed to CNBC in a statement. Authorities are investigating customs and tax regulations for products imported into Germany over a roughly five-year period from October 2019 to August of this year, a spokesperson said.

Authorities raided Adidas AG headquarters in Germany as part of a years-long tax investigation, a spokesperson from the company said on Tuesday.

Authorities raided Adidas AG headquarters in Germany on Tuesday as part of a years-long tax investigation. The probe is looking at a five-year period starting in October 2019 and pertains to customs and tax regulations for products imported into Germany,

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.