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After North Rhine-Westphalia bought a CD last summer with data on secret bank accounts, tax authorities have another high-profile case in their cross-hairs. They searched the Bavarian home of artist Georg Baselitz, whose work fetches millions on the international market, in a tax investigation.

The hunt for tax evaders is hotting up in Germany: Tax investigators recently swept the home of acclaimed artist Georg Baselitz, confiscating several crates of files. It seems likely that Baselitz had been given advance warning that his villa on Ammersee, a lake near Munich, was to be searched.