http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/ ... 7M20151008German prosecutors raided Volkswagen's headquarters and other offices on Thursday as part of their investigation into the carmaker's rigging of diesel emissions tests.
Prosecutors from Braunschweig, close to the German company's home town of Wolfsburg, said they were targeting documents and data storage devices that might help with their inquiries.
Volkswagen said it was supporting the investigation and had handed over a "comprehensive" range of documents.
Almost three weeks after it confessed publicly to rigging U.S. emissions tests, Europe's largest carmaker is under huge pressure to identify those responsible, fix affected vehicles and clarify exactly how and where the cheating happened.
Here comes Chapter 2 in the Great VW Diesel Scandal
Here comes Chapter 2 in the Great VW Diesel Scandal
It turns from public reaction (and VAG public reaction, specifically, apologies) stage to criminal investigation stage for VAG.