Uber managers arrested in France

Amelia Havanec

Amelia Havanec Jun 29, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Uber managers arrested in France</h1>
                <h2><p>Uber's on a bad Euro trip. Two Uber executives were detained in Paris today for operating an illegal taxi service, less than a week after the France taxi industry violently protested the ride sharing company. Uber has been driving in murky legal waters since French legislators required professional</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/amelia-havanec-crosscut-com/">Amelia Havanec</a></p> 
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            <p>Uber's on a bad Euro trip. Two Uber executives were <a href="http://www.geekwire.com/2015/uber-leaders-arrested-in-paris-for-operating-illegal-taxi-company/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">detained in Paris</a> today for operating an illegal taxi service, less than a week after the France taxi industry violently protested the ride sharing company. Uber has been driving in murky legal waters since French legislators required professional licenses for all taxi drivers – including Uber – and banned software that shows the locations of vehicles, which specifically targeted the company. As they have in many of the cities in which they've set up shop, Uber simply ignored these regulations and continued business as usual. UberPop (equivalent to UberX in the US) is still operating, so officials are still in a car chase with rogue UberPop drivers to take them off the streets.  Meanwhile in Asia, a Chinese Uber driver discovered a way to get paid by placing <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-28/one-driver-explains-how-he-is-helping-to-rip-off-uber-in-china?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">fake bookings</a>. We're betting CEO Travis Kalanick is wishing the holiday weekend would just get here already.</p>
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Uber's on a bad Euro trip. Two Uber executives were detained in Paris today for operating an illegal taxi service, less than a week after the France taxi industry violently protested the ride sharing company. Uber has been driving in murky legal waters since French legislators required professional licenses for all taxi drivers – including Uber – and banned software that shows the locations of vehicles, which specifically targeted the company. As they have in many of the cities in which they've set up shop, Uber simply ignored these regulations and continued business as usual. UberPop (equivalent to UberX in the US) is still operating, so officials are still in a car chase with rogue UberPop drivers to take them off the streets. Meanwhile in Asia, a Chinese Uber driver discovered a way to get paid by placing fake bookings. We're betting CEO Travis Kalanick is wishing the holiday weekend would just get here already.

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By Amelia Havanec

Amelia Havanec is Crosscut's Science and Tech Fellow. She came to Washington from her home state of Connecticut by way of New York, Florida, California and Michigan in pursuit of the perfect pint. Sh