Counterfeit Products In The News:
Amazon ‘turning a blind eye’ to fake products 
Aug 31, 2019 - By Andrew Ellson
Shoppers have been warned about the risk of buying counterfeit goods on Amazon. The internet retailer is being “plagued” with fakes.
Gun And Counterfeit Sales Find A Home On Twitter
Aug 27, 2019 - By TCR Press Release
Twitter is already facing allegations of political manipulation, suppressing information, and facilitating hate and violence. The social media micro-blog also hosts gun sales, along with counterfeits, fraudulent items, and scams.
Twitter Bans Consumer Advocate Exposing Counterfeits And Scams
Aug 26, 2019 - By TCR Press Release
Twitter can't be trusted to provide an impartial and credible social media platform, and is still failing to adequately anticipate and combat disinformation.
Amazon Has Given Up Control of Its Website.
Aug 23, 2019 - By WSJ: Alexandra Berzon, Shane Shifflett & Justin Scheck
WSJ Report finds Amazon unable or unwilling to police its website of banned, unsafe, and mislabeled products. Consumers face dangerous and deadly consequences.
Counterfeits Thrive During China Tariff War
Aug 22, 2019 - By TCR Press Release
The $1.3 trillion criminal counterfeit industry got an unexpected boost from the tariff war -- consumers are looking to e-commerce websites to blunt the impact of a 25% tariff on legitimate goods. They have a good chance of receiving a counterfeit.
24 Counterfeit Goods You Should Avoid at Amazon, eBay
Aug 22, 2019 - By Andrew Lisa
Counterfeiting harms businesses, defrauds consumers and sucks billions out of the legitimate global economy. It also floods the market with poorly made and sometimes dangerous merchandise.
Report Finds 25% Of Purchases "Fulfilled By Amazon" Are Counterfeit
Aug 21, 2019 - By TCR Press Release
Amazon's e-commerce empire earns its scathing criticism. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) reported that 25% of new CDs it purchased and were “Fulfilled by Amazon” in the US were counterfeit. Up 5-fold from 2017.
Amazon and eBay Battery Scam May Be Deadly For Consumers
Aug 14, 2019 - By TCR Press Release
A common Lithium-ion ("Li-ion") 18650 battery is a dangerous item for unsuspecting consumers. Cheap recycled unprotected batteries with wild capacity claims are sold on Amazon, eBay, and Walmart exposing consumers to fires, explosions, and death.
Counterfeit Enforcement Lacking For Amazon's Global Websites
Aug 07, 2019 - By TCR Press Release
Worldwide consumers purchasing from Amazon's 13 global websites face a real challenge when shopping Amazon's monopolizing global e-commerce marketplaces -- dodging the fakes, fraud, and scams that flood the e-commerce giant's websites.
Amazon Is Destroying Small Business: A Case Study
Aug 01, 2019 - By TCR Press Release
Legitimate sellers and innovators struggle to compete against Amazon whose online marketplace allows fraudsters to sell an inexhaustible supply of counterfeits and knockoffs. The all-to-common story of another innovator almost destroyed by counterfeiters.
