Netflix’s Paris and Amsterdam headquarters searched

PARIS — French and Dutch authorities carried out searches today at Netflix’s headquarters in Paris and Amsterdam, a French judicial source told POLITICO. The raids were part of a preliminary investigation, opened in November 2022, into charges of “aggravated tax fraud laundering” and “concealed work in an organized gang,” the source said. The Paris search […]

Netflix : des perquisitions menées aux sièges de Paris et Amsterdam

Des perquisitions ont été menées ce mardi matin aux sièges de Netflix à Paris et Amsterdam, a appris POLITICO de source judiciaire. Ces perquisitions interviennent dans le cadre d’une enquête préliminaire ouverte en novembre 2022 des chefs de “blanchiment de fraude fiscale aggravée” et de “travail dissimulé en bande organisé”. Ces perquisitions ont été menées à […]

France and Belgium join forces in Telegram probe

French investigators had already reached out to their Belgian counterparts in the run-up to Pavel Durov’s arrest.

Cops infiltrate ‘Ghost’ encryption app used by drug lords, mafia

International bust is the latest win for law enforcement over criminals seeking to hide their tracks.

France charges Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, releases him on €5M bail

The Russian-born tech tycoon faces six charges and is barred from leaving France.

Macedonian ministry employee arrested for mass-producing fake €2 coins

The arrest comes as Kosovo faces an epidemic of counterfeit euro coins.

Mass hacking and fundamental rights: a missed opportunity for the CJEU?

Hugo Partouche, Attorney-at-law
(avocat) at the Paris Bar, and Chloé Berthélémy, Senior Policy Advisor,
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Photo credit: hacker-silhoutte,
via Wikimedia
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*A first version of this article
was published in French by Actualité …

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 737

Eastern front difficult as Russians assault town and villages, says military chief Syrskyi; Ukraine claims shootdown of three more Russian warplanesSee all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine’s military said on Thursday it had shot down three more Russian …

Netherlands arrests 3 on suspicion of dodging Russia sanctions

Raids were also carried out in Estonia, Latvia, Germany and Canada as part of the investigation.

Belgium’s on-again, off-again hunt for the men accused of corrupting the European Parliament

Qatar’s labor minister and a Moroccan diplomat were discreetly sought by Belgium as part of the Qatargate investigation. Until they weren’t.