The ecommerce company blocked 2.5 million bad actor accounts and shutdown six billion bad listings in 2019.

In its effort to fight counterfeit products on its platform, Amazon has launched a new Counterfeit Crimes Unit, to make filing civil lawsuits easier and help brands carry their investigations. The Counterfeit Crimes Unit team includes “former federal prosecutors, experienced investigators, and data analysts”.

The unit will work proactively and “go on the offensive” against counterfeiters instead of just identifying and blocking bad listings, as per Amazon. Counterfeit products create a huge problem for online sellers, with even Amazon’s products being counterfeited.

Additionally, the Trump administration recently placed five of Amazon’s foreign websites on the White House’s annual “notorious markets” list. In 2019, Amazon reportedly spent over $500 million to fight fraud, abuse, and counterfeited products.

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