Amazon faces criminal trial in Italy over €1.2 billion tax evasion

Amazon already paid Italy €527 million to settle a tax dispute. Milan prosecutors are pressing criminal charges anyway. Prosecutors have requested a trial for Amazon EU Sarl — the company's Luxembourg-based European unit — and four managers, including director Barbara Scarafia, over alleged VAT evasion on Italian online sales between 2019 and 2021, Reuters reports. — Read the rest The post Amazon faces criminal trial in Italy over €1.2 billion tax evasion appeared first on Boing Boing.