Netflix, the American video streaming giant, was the subject of searches in Paris and Amsterdam on Tuesday, November 5, as part of an investigation into suspicions of tax fraud and undercover work, a judicial source said. World, partially confirming the information of Marianne.
The National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) opened a preliminary investigation in November 2022 for laundering of aggravated tax fraud and hidden work in an organized gang directed against Netflix France, already the subject of a tax audit covering the years 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Netflix searches in France are carried out by investigators from the Central Office to Combat Corruption and Financial and Tax Infringements (OCLCIFF), in the presence of members of the PNF. In Amsterdam, Dutch magistrates and investigators took them simultaneously to the headquarters of the Netflix companies, accompanied by French magistrates and investigators.
Within the framework of this procedure, a criminal cooperation action between the French and Dutch authorities, coordinated by Eurojust, has been carried out for several months.
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