Amazon first established the Counterfeit Crimes Unit in 2020 to identify and dismantle counterfeit organizations, as part of the company’s work to safeguard customers, brands, selling partners, and our store from counterfeit, fraud, and other forms of abuse. We work closely with brands, law enforcement, and customers across the globe to stop bad actors and hold them accountable. Our Counterfeit Crimes Unit also collaborates with brands and law enforcement to work upstream from the counterfeit signals detected to identify, seize, and appropriately dispose of counterfeit products. In 2022, Amazon sued or referred for investigation over 1,300 criminals in the U.S., UK, EU, and China and disposed of over 6 million counterfeit products, preventing them from being sold anywhere in the supply chain.