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French anti-trust raids Paris taxi operator, France Inter reports
France's anti-trust watchdog raided Paris's largest taxi operator G7 on Tuesday as part on investigation opened after a complaint by ride-hailing company Uber Technologies , French radio station France Inter reported on Wednesday.
The French group reportedly monitored and intimidated its drivers so that they did not also work for the Californian platform.
According to the investigation cell of Radio France, the premises of the G7 taxi company were searched following a referral from Uber. VTC's company accuses its competitor of having set up a system of false accounts to monitor and punish independent drivers.
According to a source close to the case, this is the G7 taxi company, where on Tuesday some 30 officials of the Autorité de la concurrence went following a complaint from Uber for unfair practices.
On 17 February 2026, the Autorité de la concurrence's investigation services carried out an "unannounced visitation and seizure" in the particular public transport sector, according to an official press release published on 18 February 2026. The transaction is aimed at a company "suspected of having implemented anti-competitive practices", says the Autorité without giving names. But since then, the information has leaked: it was Uber who trigger…
On Tuesday, the Autorité de la Concurrence had a search carried out at the headquarters of the company G7, in the Paris region, following a complaint by Uber for unfair practices, according to several sources.
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