Okunye ukungcola kwezimali kwabafana baseCupertino emazweni aseYurophu. Njengoba sazi, ekupheleni kwesonto eledlule, uchungechunge lwemibhalo lubize i- "Amaphepha ePharadesi", ngolwazi ezinkampanini nakubantu bomphakathi, njengosopolitiki, abasubathi nabaculi, abagqame ngokuba nezizumbulu zemali nokutshalwa kwezimali ezindaweni zokukhokha intela. Phakathi kwabo, izinkampani ezifana Uber, Microsoft, Disney, Facebook noma i-Apple.
Ngakho-ke, I-European Union Commission icele i-Apple ukuthi ibuyekeze imininingwane ngesimo sayo samanje sentela. Kusekhona ukunyakaza okuxakile okwenziwe yinkampani yaseNyakatho Melika okungakachazwa, futhi iziphathimandla zaleli zwekazi elidala zilinde ukwazi imininingwane enikezwa yi-Apple.
Ngamazwi kaMargrethe Vestager uqobo, I-European Commissioner for Competition, exoxwa no Washington Post:
«Besilokhu sicela isibuyekezo esivumelwaneni esenziwe yi-Apple, indlela abahlelwe ngayo ezinyangeni ezedlule, ukuze bazi kahle ukuthi lokhu kuyahambisana yini namazinga ethu aseYurophu. Kusazobonakala ukuthi sizovula amanye amacala kwa-Apple nezinye izinkampani ezithintekile ngemuva kwamaPharadesi Papers.
Ngokufika kwalolu lwazi, Singathola umbono wokuthi zingaki izinkampani ezifunda ukuthi zingayiguqula kanjani intela. Ngaphandle kokuthi i-Apple isheshe yayiphika imininingwane ephathelene nokunyakaza okusolwa ngakho, ukuvuza kuvele ukuthi le nkampani yasungulwa eJersey ngenhloso yokugwema izintela eziyizigidigidi zama-euro (ngenxa yemali engenayo yamazwe omhlaba).
Lokhu kumele isiqephu esisha enkingeni esivele isaziwa nge-Ireland, lapho, selokhu kuqale u-2017, inkampani yaseNyakatho Melika ibanga imali engange $ 14.500 yezigidi zentela emuva ngemisebenzi yayo eYurophu.
Yize i-Apple ihlanganiswe kahle emuva njengamanje, inezimali ezingama- $ 252 billion ezigcinwe phesheya, kuze kube manje linqabile ukubuyisa noma yini efunwayo.
