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Italy cracks down on local Amazon unit over tax and labour practices

Milan-based authorities seize €121mn from logistics arm over contributions and its relationship with delivery workers

Italian financial police have seized €121mn from a Milan-based Amazon unit after the ecommerce giant was accused of alleged tax fraud and labour malpractices in its logistics network.  

The Milan prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday, in an order authorising the seizure, that Amazon Italia Transport had set up a “complex tax fraud” by disguising the nature of its relationship with the couriers in its delivery network. 

Amazon is the latest in a series of major logistics companies to come under scrutiny from Italian authorities for its tax compliance and labour practices. The Milan prosecutors’ office has conducted similar investigations into global delivery groups DHL and United Parcel Services, which have also had cash seized.

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