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

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 13, 2026
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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 bet…

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