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They operate in Europe so atthe very least they can affect measures on that subsidiary.

Possibly to demonstrate that they have the political capital to levy a very large fine.

Technically I think Google claims their search technology is invented and produced in their Ireland version of the company and just licensed to the US one or something like that to defraud the US from taxes. So it is actually more UK/Europe than it is US since they just kind of steal from the US.

Mmm, no, Google, like a lot of companies has sold the rights for foreign licensing of those patents to the Irish subsidiary

That is not fraud, it is legal. Stop blaming business for tax holes.