U.S. Government’s ‘Notorious Markets’ Piracy Report Lists Multiple International Amazon Sites

In the “Notorious Markets” report by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on marketplaces known for issues with privacy and illegitimate goods, multiple international websites of Amazon.com were named. The office pointed out claims of counterfeit merchandise sold on the eCommerce retailer’s sites in the United Kingdom, Canada, India, France and Germany, Reuters reported. Amazon did not reply immediately to a Reuters request for comment. The eCommerce retailer has noted previously that it “strictly prohibits” fakes on its platforms and works to guard shoppers from those kinds of products. The list has encompassed Taobao.com over the years in addition to websites run out of Poland, the Czech Republic and Indonesia, among other nations.