News / New moves to identify global markets for faked goods being sold online

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Amazon UK, Germany and Canada have been named as “notorious markets” for counterfeit goods and blamed for being “unresponsive” and “non-compliant”.

The retail giant joins a list of major e-commerce companies, which includes Alibaba, Taibao and MercadoLibre, facing complaints over the sale of ‘faked goods’.

A US government list of these so-called notorious markets for fakes could be crucial information for forwarders, two were recently found liable for their part in shipping significant numbers of fake Nike shoes.

The US Trade Representative has been collecting comments from businesses, compiling an ...