A picture taken on July 14, 2020 at a car dealer in Turin shows a logo of Italian car maker Fiat. (PHOTO / AFP)

FRANKFURT - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV sites in Germany and Italy were raided by Frankfurt prosecutors as the Italian auto giant risks being dragged into the diesel-emissions scandal.

The fraud probe is looking at people linked to “an international automaker,” who may be responsible for installing a defeat device in engines of the Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Jeep brands, Frankfurt prosecutors said

The fraud probe is looking at people linked to “an international automaker,” who may be responsible for installing a defeat device in engines of the Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Jeep brands, Frankfurt prosecutors said in an emailed statement on Wednesday. CNH Industrial NV’s Iveco brand was also probed.

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“FCA confirms that a number of the group’s offices in Europe have been visited by investigators in the context of a request for assistance by magistrates in Germany,” the company said in an emailed statement. “The company immediately made itself available to the officials, providing its full cooperation.”

Almost five years after a US probe into Volkswagen AG over the use of so-called defeat devices in its engines became public, the global auto industry is still struggling with allegations it dodged emission limits with its diesel cars. While VW and Daimler AG have settled criminal probes, Wednesday’s raids show that authorities haven’t yet put the issue aside.

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Truck and tractor maker CNH Industrial said in a separate statement that “a number” of the group’s offices in Europe were visited by investigators and that it was also fully cooperating with them.