Posted on 06/29/2015 9:26:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The two leaders of Uber in France were taken into custody Monday as part of a probe into their ride-booking app which has sparked violent protests from regular taxi drivers, AFP claimed, citing various sources.
The pair are believed to be Thibault Simphal,the director general of Uber France and Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, the directorgeneral of Uber Europe...
An investigation was opened in 2014 into the application used to put paying clients in contact with cheaper, private drivers who do not face the same regulations as cabbies.
The probe is focused on whether UberApp equates to "illegal organisation" of a system that allows drivers to transport clients for money, but who don't have to pay social contributions...
Officially UberPop is illegal in France but it has been allowed to continue until France's constitutional court makes a final decision in September.
But regional authorities in France and the government are not willing to wait and have effectively declared war on the app, which counts more than 400,000 users in France.
Earlier on Monday Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve announced that 200 extra officers would patrol the streets looking for UberPop drivers.
The specialist taxi police brigade, known as "Boers" will be specifically tasked with finding and apprehending anyone transporting paying customers without a licence, and UberPop drivers risk having their vehicles seized.
Last week Cazeneuve tried to calm tensions by asking authorities in the French capital to impose a ban on UberPop.
Uber has filed complaints with the EU against France, Germany and Spain over their efforts to prevent the UberPop app.
Uber's American founder Travis Kalanick has said the system will create 50,000 new jobs in Europe this year, and help take 400,000 cars off the road by encouraging drivers to use taxis instead of their own vehicle.
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If Germany’s Uber boss is named Alice, would she be “Deutschland Uber Alice”?
When are we going to arrest Uber exec. David Plouffe?
Oh, well, they had it coming for taunting moslems. And it’s also a priorities thing — gotta protect unionized cab drivers.
:’)
Install the app and see if he’s your driver. No need for police, or a trial.
http://www.google.com/search?q=David+Plouffe+site:freerepublic.com/focus/
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