https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy1vze09wwo BBC Homepage * Skip to content * Accessibility Help * Your account * Home * News * Sport * Earth * Reel * Worklife * Travel * More menu More menu Search BBC * Home * News * Sport * Earth * Reel * Worklife * Travel * Culture * Future * Music * TV * Weather * Sounds Close menu BBC News Menu * Home * Israel-Gaza war * War in Ukraine * Climate * Video * World * US & Canada * UK * Business * Tech More * Science * Entertainment & Arts * Health * In Pictures * BBC Verify * World News TV * Newsbeat * World * Africa * Asia * Australia * Europe * Latin America * Middle East Netflix Europe offices raided in tax fraud probe Netflix Paris officeImage source, Getty Images Image caption, French investigators raided Netflix's Paris offices on Tuesday morning Robert Greenall BBC News * Published 9 hours ago Offices of streaming giant Netflix in Paris and Amsterdam have been raided by the French and Dutch authorities as part of an investigation into tax fraud, French judicial sources say. Officials from the two countries have been co-operating on the case since the investigation was opened in November 2022. Netflix has not as yet made any specific comment on the raids, but insists it complies with tax laws wherever it operates. The Amsterdam office is the headquarters of the company's operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The French investigation is being carried out by the National Financial Prosecutor's office (PNF), a special unit used for investigations into high-profile white-collar crime. It relates to suspicions of "covering up serious tax fraud and off-the-books work", according to the PNF. The company is also under investigation for tax filings for 2019, 2020 and 2021. The French sources said authorities in the Netherlands were conducting simultaneous searches, and that co-operation between the two countries had been going on for "many months". Last year, French media outlet La Lettre reported that until 2021, Netflix in France minimised its tax payments by declaring its turnover generated in France to the Netherlands. After it abandoned this arrangement, La Lettre said, its annual declared turnover in France jumped from EUR47.1m ($51.3m; PS39.6m) in 2020 to EUR1.2bn in 2021. However, the outlet says investigators are trying to determine whether Netflix continued to attempt to minimise its profits after 2021. Netflix arrived in France more than 10 years ago, opening its Paris office in 2020. It has some 10 million subscribers in the country, according to AFP news agency. Related topics * Europe * France * Netflix * Netherlands More on this story * Netflix raises prices as password boost fades + Published 18 October Hannah Dodd (left) as Francesca Bridgerton and Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in episode 301 of Bridgerton. The women are wearing evening dresses and standing in front of flower decorations. 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