German prosecutors have launched an investigation into whether Switzerland's Federal Intelligence Service (NDB) has been spying on Germany's tax authority.
Citing "trusted sources", Suddeutsche Zeitung reports that the federal prosecutor's office has quietly begun looking into accusations that earlier this month the NDB tried to indentify investigators working on a tax crackdown targeting Swiss banks.
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