Amazon helps disrupt counterfeit networks that infringed on BMW, Hugo Boss, and more

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Amazon has helped to disrupt three counterfeit networks that were selling fake luxury products, sports apparel, and automotive accessories. The retail giant said that brands that were infringed upon included BMW, Hugo Boss, Lacoste, and Under Armour.

Amazon’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit (CCU) provided China’s local Public Security Bureaus (PSBs) with information about the three operation which led to the seizure of 240,000 counterfeit items in the Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces. Now the products have been seized, they will not make it onto Amazon or other online stores.

Amazon’s CCU provided authorities with information such as warehouse locations and manufacturing facilities. This led to the successful identification of these operations as well as their upstream suppliers. The ring leaders of the operations have been detained by the PSBs to be investigated further. With this, Amazon has now helped to seize 3 million counterfeit products in total.

Amazon helps disrupt counterfeit networks that infringed on BMW, Hugo Boss, and more

Amazon has helped authorities in China to disrupt three counterfeit product networks. A huge 240,000 fake items were seized by authorities after Amazon shared warehouse and manufacturing locations.

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