Exclusive-Italian prosecutors seek trial for Amazon, four execs over alleged $1.4 billion tax evasion


FILE PHOTO: Workers relax during a break outside Amazon's distribution centre in Passo Corese, Italy March 22, 2021. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo

MILAN, March 12 (Reuters) - Milan prosecutors ⁠have requested trial for Amazon's European unit and four of its managers over alleged tax evasion ⁠worth around 1.2 billion euros ($1.38 billion), two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on ‌Thursday.

The move is unprecedented for a case of this kind in Italy, as Amazon agreed in December to pay 527 million euros, including interest, to Italy's Revenue Agency to settle the tax dispute.

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