‘Employee Uber arrested after thwarting inspection’ – z24

Director Niek van Leeuwen Uber Netherlands Photo ANP

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employee of the taxi app Uber was arrested Thursday morning in Amsterdam, The Environment and Transport Inspectorate confirmed a report of the NRC about

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,, That person intentionally did not cooperate,” said a spokesman. The inspection took the employee for questioning and was taking the assistance of the police.

Inspectors were again visiting the Uber headquarters for further investigation. A week ago, the inspection raid the internet taxi service to get in the administration of the taxi service Uberpop inspection, which offer individuals without taxi license with their own car taxi rides.

The inspection was missing some paperwork and therefore came back. The arrested employee would not want to release a portion of the administration. The raid like the inspectors a picture of ,, the total volume of illegal taxi drivers Uberpop. “

Uber, which normally like to look up the publicity, now declined to comment on the arrest of the employee.

Uber ignores court ruling

The transport through UberPOP is offered at a lower rate than in professional taxis and without the driver has a license. The latter should not, according to the judge, but nevertheless drive drivers still on. Uberpop is also a thorn in the official taxi drivers with a license will be subject to extensive regulations.

Uber is originally an American company that provides passenger over the internet in more than 270 cities in the world . Customers can call taxis via an app on the smartphone. In addition, there UberPOP where individuals with their cars others carry a fee.

It is striking that despite court ruling Uber continues Uberpop. Several times drivers are caught actions of the police, and the Environment and Transport Inspectorate.

The drivers were given a police report and a notice to a penalty if they fall into repetition. The company had to pay penalties, but has already reached the maximum of one tonne. Against the ban is a standard procedure.

The company, in which hundreds of millions of investors have stopped, showed previously prepared ,, to a long-running legal battle “to. ,, We comply unlike the taxi industry to the Passenger Transport Act 2000, which aims to thwart cheap and high quality. ”

stop Uber wants to know nothing. ,, We will continue offering UberPOP to the innovation that we have put in motion, not to beaches “