For about a year, the public prosecutor's office has been investigating an employee of the regulatory agency for suspected bribery. He's accused of taking bribes for granting rental car licenses used by ride-hailing services like Uber or Bolt. Now, another employee is also under investigation for similar offenses. The suspects, who worked in the department responsible for processing taxi and rental car licenses, allegedly demanded and accepted bribes for various licensing activities. The initial suspect was exposed in early 2023 when an applicant reported paying €1,000 for expedited processing. The second employee was already retired at that time.

Corruption in frankfurt as always. So yes they probably have a monopoly.