French and Dutch investigators raid Netflix offices in probe of suspected financial wrongdoing

Prosecutors and police investigators who specialize in fighting fraud and corruption raided Netflix offices in France and Nerlands on Tuesday, in a probe of suspected financial wrongdoing, judicial officials said.

French and Dutch authorities have been working toger for many months on investigation centring on suspected laundering of tax fraud and off--books work, said a judicial official in France who spoke on condition of anymity because of French secrecy laws that apply to judicial probes.

French police investigators carried out searches of streaming giant's French hequarters, judicial official said. investigators from a police brige that specialises in major tax fraud, money laundering, corruption and white-collar financial crime were accompanied by officials from French national prosecutors' office, which also combats financial crimes, official said.

probe was opened in vember 2022, official said.

In Nerlands, Dutch prosecutors also raided Netflix's European hequarters in Amsterdam. Emma Bosma, a spokesperson for National Office for Serious Fraud, Environmental Crime and Asset Confiscation, said raid was carried out at request of French authorities.

Netflix didn't immediately reply to a written request for comment sent to its online media centre about raids and probe.