In 2021, the e-commerce giant identified, seized and disposed of more than 3 million counterfeit products, according to its second Amazon Brand Protection Report, up from around 2 million in 2020. In addition, Amazon stopped more than 2.5 million attempts to create new selling accounts by bad actors in 2021, down from over 6 million attempts in 2020. Amazon’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit sued or referred for investigation more than 600 criminals in the U.S., EU, U.K. and China, up 300% from the previous year. AMZN invested more than $900 million and employed more than ... Log in to view full article.