ANALYSIS FROM PARIS RAID ON GOOGLE WILL TAKE MONTHS: LAWYER

Analysis of data seized by

investigators in last week’s raid of Google Inc.’ s Paris headquarters could possibly take years, French financial prosecutor Eliane Houlette said on Sunday. Dozens of French police raided Google’s offices on Tuesday, escalating an investigation over suspected tax evasion. “We have collected a lot of computer data,” Houlette said in an inter- view with Europe 1 radio, TV channel iTele and newspaper Le Monde, adding that 96 people took part in the raid. “We need to analyze (the data) ... (it will take) months ... we are very limited in resources.” Google is under pressure across Europe from public opinion and governments angry at the way multinationals exploit their global presence to minimize tax liabilities.