To hide sensitive data, bribe protesters, use violence, call in private investigators… to make a name for itself in Belgium, American society has not hesitated to adopt cowboy practices. Detection.
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Head of the Investigation Department By Xavier Counasse Published on 07/10/2022 at 18:00 Reading time: 17 min
Uber has never done in the top. In Brussels as elsewhere. Since 2014, the American company has been pulling out all the stops to enforce its application, which is revolutionizing taxi services in the Belgian capital. By simultaneously drawing the wrath of a whole range of actors, starting with ‘traditional’ taxis that yell against unfair competition. In doing so, the San Francisco company will pit the Brussels government, administration, police, judicial system, tax authorities… against one another for a legal framework in June 2022 that will allow Uber drivers to work legally. But the struggle was hard and long, poisoning the lives of Brussels authorities for more than eight years.
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