Dutch court hearing: Nexperia claims Chinese owner Wingtech pushed for tech transfers out of Europe and threatened execs; Wingtech attacks Nexperia's management
Dutch chipmaker Nexperia BV claimed that Chinese owner Wingtech Technology Co. was pushing for technology transfers out of Europe …
Court filings: the Dutch government seized Nexperia after the US said it would remain on its export control list if Chinese CEO Zhang Xuezheng stayed in charge
Takeover of Nexperia plunges Netherlands into US-China tech war — Andy Bounds in Horsens, Denmark, Ben Hall in London and Ryan McMorrow in Beijing
Europol says German and Dutch authorities shut down Kidflix, a CSAM dark web streaming platform with 1.8M users between April 2022 and March 2025, on March 11
Kidflix, one of the largest platforms used to host, share, and stream child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the dark web …
The Dutch Data Protection Authority fines Uber a record €290M for failing to abide by European protection standards when sending sensitive driver data to the US
- Uber was fined for not sufficiently protecting driver data — The fine is the highest penalty ever issued by Dutch regulator
A Dutch judge finds Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev guilty and sentences him to 64 months; Pertsev was jailed in August 2022 over alleged money laundering
Alexey Pertsev was first jailed in the Netherlands in August 2022. — Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev was sentenced to 64 months in jail for money laundering
Doc: a Dutch regulator ruled in July that Apple's fees on some app subscriptions violate EU antitrust laws, after Apple offered to drop its cut from 30% to 27%
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French and Dutch police say the ~115M communications obtained by cracking the encryption of EncroChat phones, announced in 2020, has so far led to 6,558 arrests
Investigations triggered by the cracking of encrypted phones three years ago have so far led to more than 6,500 arrests worldwide …
A Netherlands court finds Tornado Cash developer Alexey Perstev is a flight risk and must remain in jail until February 20, 2023; Perstev was jailed in August
Pertsev has been in Dutch prison since August, accused of facilitating money laundering for his work on the U.S. Treasury-sanctioned app.
A Dutch court says tracking a remote worker via webcam is an unreasonable intrusion, awarding him €75K after his US employer fired him for having his webcam off
Dutch authorities arrest a Tornado Cash developer suspected of involvement in concealing money laundering, two days after the US sanctioned the crypto mixer
- The Tornado Cash developer arrested by Dutch authorities on Wednesday is Alexey Pertsev, his wife has confirmed to The Block.