“Dutch prosecutors are launching a criminal investigation into Uber for providing an illegal taxi service following court rulings and €10,000 fines. Uber continued to operate its UberPop peer-to-peer ride-sharing service in the Netherlands in violation of a Dutch court order which saw fines of €10,000 for every driver caught providing the UberPop service. It is the latest setback for the taxi service, which has been banned in several European countries in recent months, and recently had its offices in Paris raided by French police. Uber allows users to summon taxi services with smartphones while its UberPop arm links private drivers to passengers.”
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/17/uber-dutch-police-launch-criminal-investigation