Unibet CEO Arrested

[gordonprice1947]

Dutch authorities detained online gambling company, Unibet's, CEO, Petter Nylander, because of warrants issued by French police. The warrant is related to allegations that Unibet breached laws that say they are not allowed to compete with French gambling monopolies.

http://www.casinogamblingweb.com/gam...ice_47683.html

[4Flush]

Seemed short lived:

The French government on Tuesday distanced itself from the high profile arrest of an internet gambling executive and ordered the case against him to be dropped.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21443196/

[The Buzz]

This whole situation has brought further attention to the situation in France, which has the EU none too pleased.

An official spokesman had earlier reiterated the Commission’s contention that French gambling laws were out of line with EU rules. “In our view, somebody might have been arrested who is innocent under [EU] law.”

But France’s European Affairs Minister, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, insisted the move was “perfectly consistent with the internal market” as no internal market for gambling existed.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle2725748.ece