At the same time, Dutch magistrates searched Netflix’s headquarters in Amsterdam, in the presence of French magistrates and investigators, according to the same judicial source. The operations were coordinated through the European Union’s judicial cooperation unit, Eurojust.
According to information published by La Lettre in 2023, Netflix landed in French magistrates’ crosshairs because of a tax-optimization practice: declaring its sales in France in the Netherlands. Bercy triggered a tax audit covering the period from 2019-21.
This article was first published by POLITICO in French and was edited in English by Kelsey L. Hayes.