Amazon said it stopped six million counterfeit products from entering the ecosystem in 2022 as the marketplace expands its Project Zero initiative to get fakes off its platform. In a Tuesday (April 4) blog post, Amazon’s Worldwide Seller Partner Services Vice President Dharmesh Mehta discussed the release of its...
Amazon’s campaign against counterfeiting has broadened with their Thursday (June 24) announcement that the online giant is linking up with games maker Asmodee Group in a lawsuit. The legal action is against New York City-based defendants that, the lawsuit charges, “attempted to offer” counterfeit products...
Amazon is cracking down on the sale of counterfeit goods, saying it will now cooperate more intensely with law enforcement on those matters. According to a source who spoke to Reuters, the worldwide eCommerce retailer will now report counterfeit goods directly to U.S. and European...
Counterfeiting is stereotypically the domain of luxury goods, where fraudsters dupe unsuspecting shoppers into buying fake handbags, accessories or beauty products. But as with the tainted baby formula scandal a decade ago and more recent vape-related illnesses, possibly due to tampered cartridges, counterfeiting can affect...
November 01, 2023
Amazon’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit (CCU) sued or referred for investigation more than 1,300 criminals and disposed of 6 million counterfeit products last year. These actions took place in China, the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom and the United States, Amazon said in a Wednesday (Nov. 1) press release. Formed in 2020, the CCU has invested […]
June 24, 2021
Amazon’s campaign against counterfeiting has broadened with their Thursday (June 24) announcement that the online giant is linking up with games maker Asmodee Group in a lawsuit. The legal action...
January 13, 2020
Amazon is cracking down on the sale of counterfeit goods, saying it will now cooperate more intensely with law enforcement on those matters. According to a source who spoke to...
March 18, 2019
A new study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows that trading in pirated and counterfeit goods has risen significantly, according to a report in the Financial...
