Amazon Counterfeit Crimes Unit (CCU)
Amazon Counterfeit Crimes Unit (CCU) works with brands, law enforcement, and customers across the globe to stop bad actors and hold them accountable.
We want to stop counterfeiters, no matter where they are - both online and offline. We created CCU to pursue these criminals and defend the rights of brand owners and protect customers and consumers from counterfeit products.
Bringing Bad Actors to Justice
We use every tool at our disposal to find and remove counterfeit from our stores. We work with brands of all sizes, and independently if necessary, to pursue counterfeiters. Our combined efforts give law enforcement the evidence to stop criminals in their tracks. Together, we continue to pursue legal consequences against counterfeiters for their actions.
Detecting Counterfeit Globally
We partner closely with brands to collect information about their intellectual property and products. We detect, investigate, and remove counterfeit items from our stores and identify bad actors as targets for prosecution all over the world.
Taking Action Against Bad Actors
We work closely with brands to stop counterfeiters by conducting investigations, referring cases to law enforcement, and pursuing litigation to seize counterfeit products and get justice for right owners.
Disrupting Counterfeit Networks
Together, we identify and pursue counterfeiters at every link in their supply chain, and manufacturing, distribution, logistics, and financial resources. These actions help reclaim illicit funds and deter counterfeiters from continuing their operations in our stores.
Latest News
CCU has an extensive history of protecting brands and taking action to hold bad actors accountable. Read about new partnerships, lawsuits, and other noteworthy stories about CCU.
The action marks Amazon’s first-ever joint lawsuit against fake review brokers.
This World Anti-Counterfeiting Day, we reflect on a productive 2023 and acknowledge the continual efforts of our global partners to combat counterfeiters.
Amazon and Canon have filed a joint lawsuit targeting bad actors alleged to have sold counterfeit Canon camera batteries and chargers.
Amazon has filed three lawsuits against bad actors that pretended to be legitimate copyright owners in an attempt to remove products from the Amazon Store.
Bad actors sought to evade Amazon’s detection by listing generic products in Amazon’s store while purposefully promoting counterfeits on social media
Amazon continues to take down bad actors wherever they operate with the company’s first joint civil lawsuit in Europe.
Intelligence from Amazon’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit helped law enforcement remove more than 10,000 counterfeit automotive grilles from the global supply chain.
Amazon and World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (WWE) have filed joint lawsuits to protect customers and the authenticity of WWE-branded championship title belts.
Latest Brand Protection Report highlights how Amazon safeguards customers, brands and selling partners from counterfeiters
Permanently Banning them from Amazon’s Store and Securing Financial Payments to be Donated to Support Anti-Counterfeiting Awareness
Amazon, GE, and GE Appliances file a joint lawsuit to protect customers and the authenticity of GE-branded water filters.
Bad Actors Attempted to Bypass Amazon’s Protections by Listing Generic Products while Purposefully Promoting Counterfeits to their Social Media Followers
New, global team is dedicated to investigating, finding, and launching legal action and criminal referrals against counterfeiters
Lawsuit is a First for Both Brands: Amazon’s First Joint Litigation with a Luxury Fashion Brand and Valentino’s First Joint Litigation with an Online Retailer
Amazon and Hewlett-Packard jointly file lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit toner cartridges
Date filed: March 7, 2025
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Amazon and Pacific Market International jointly file lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit Stanley-branded tumblers
Date filed: December 2, 2024
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Amazon and Curio Brands jointly file lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit Capri-Blue candles
Date filed: November 13, 2024
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Amazon and Longchamp jointly file lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit luxury leather goods
Date filed: October 30, 2024
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Amazon and Thought Catalog jointly file lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit books
Date filed: September 13, 2024
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Amazon and Canon jointly file lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit printer cartridges
Date filed: October 1, 2024
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Amazon and Nintendo jointly file amended lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit gaming products
Date filed: July 29, 2024
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Amazon and Epson jointly file lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit printer cartridges
Date filed: May 6, 2024
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Amazon and Spectrum Brands jointly file third amended lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit FURminator pet grooming products
Date filed: April 16, 2024
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Amazon and Crye Precision jointly file lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit products
Date filed: March 22, 2024
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Amazon and Kirby jointly file amended lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit vacuum bags
Date filed: February 16, 2024
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Amazon and Nite Ize File Joint Lawsuit Against Counterfeiters
Date filed: June 26, 2019
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Amazon and Oofos jointly file amended lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit footwear
Date filed: January 10, 2024
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Amazon files lawsuit against video piracy ring
Date filed: August 22, 2023
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Amazon cracks down on counterfeit Fire TV remotes in new lawsuit
Date filed: July 17, 2023
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Therabody and Amazon file a new lawsuit against counterfeiters
Date filed: June 21, 2023
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Amazon and Oofos jointly file lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit footwear
Date filed: June 14, 2023
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Amazon and UL Solutions jointly file lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit smoke detectors
Date filed: April 24, 2023
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Amazon, Xerox, and Lexmark jointly file lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit toner cartridges
Date filed: April 14, 2023
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Amazon partners with major film studios jointly file lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit DVDs
Date filed: December 12, 2022
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Amazon and Philips jointly file lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit electric shaver head replacements
Date filed: November 22, 2022
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Amazon and Spectrum Brands jointly file second amended lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit FURminator pet grooming products
Date filed: November 17, 2022
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Amazon and FELCO jointly file amended lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit pruning shears
Date filed: October 24, 2022
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Amazon and Spectrum Brands jointly file amended lawsuit against bad actors involved in counterfeit FURminator pet grooming products
Date filed: September 29, 2022
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Amazon and PN Medical File Joint Lawsuit Against Counterfeiters
Amazon and Streamlight File Joint Lawsuit Against Counterfeiters
Date filed: October 26, 2021
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Date filed: September 21, 2021
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Date filed: June 24, 2021
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Date filed: March 12, 2021
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Date filed: December 3, 2020
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Date filed: November 12, 2020
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Date filed: August 12, 2020
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Date filed: June 18, 2020
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Amazon and Nite Ize File Joint Lawsuit Against Counterfeiters
Date filed: June 26, 2019
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Amazon and Better Business Bureau File Joint Amended Complaint Against Individual Bad Actor Responsible for Multiple Reviews Abuse Broker Websites
Date filed: April 2, 2025
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Date filed: March 28, 2025
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Amazon Files Amended Complaint Against Individual Bad Actor Responsible for Reviews Abuse Broker Websites Revieweragency.com and Thesmmexpert.com
Date filed: March 5, 2025
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Amazon Files Amended Complaint Against Individual Bad Actor Responsible for Reviews Abuse Broker Website Savesoo.com
Date filed: January 14, 2025
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Amazon Files Lawsuit Against Reviews Abuse Broker LFJ Freebies.org
Date filed: January 31, 2025
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Amazon files lawsuit against bad actors submitting fake infringement complaints
Date filed: November 22, 2024
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Amazon files amended lawsuit against multiple bad actors who applied for and obtained invalid trademarks that they used to gain access to Brand Registry and submit fake infringement complaints
Date filed: November 14, 2024
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Amazon and Moonwards GMBH File Joint Lawsuit Against Reviews Abuse Brokers Responsible for Certain Facebook Groups
Date filed: November 12, 2024
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Amazon Files Amended Complaint Against Individual Bad Actors Responsible for Multiple Reviews Abuse Broker Websites
Date filed: October 31, 2024
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Date filed: October 28, 2024
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Amazon Files Amended Complaint Against Individual Bad Actors Responsible for Multiple Reviews Abuse Broker Websites
Date filed: October 23, 2024
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Amazon Files Amended Complaint Against Individual Bad Actor Responsible for Reviews Abuse Broker Website reviewshopusa.com
Date filed: October 16, 2024
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Amazon Files Amended Complaint Against Individual Bad Actor Responsible for Reviews Abuse Broker Website Reviewerschannel.com
Date filed: October 15, 2024
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Amazon Files Amended Complaint Against Individual Bad Actor Responsible for Reviews Abuse Broker Website Rankamz.com
Date filed: October 4, 2024
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Amazon Files Amended Complaint Against Individual Bad Actor Responsible for Reviews Abuse Broker Websites Woorke.com and Graanade.com
Date filed: September 26, 2024
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Amazon files lawsuit against multiple bad actors who applied for and obtained invalid trademarks that they used to gain access to Brand Registry and submit fake infringement complaints
Date filed: September 16, 2024
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Amazon files lawsuit against bad actors facilitating the sale of counterfeit products
Date filed: August 28, 2024
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Amazon Files Lawsuit Against Reviews Abuse Broker Buyvotesforonlinecontest.com
Date filed: August 23, 2024
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Amazon Files Lawsuit Against Reviews Abuse Broker iwantone.com
Date filed: June 21, 2024
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Amazon files amended lawsuit against bad actors who obtained invalid trademark and submitted fake infringement complaints
Date filed: May 15, 2024
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Amazon files amended lawsuit against bad actors submitting fake copyright complaints
Date filed: May 15, 2024
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Amazon files lawsuit against bad actors facilitating the sale of counterfeits
Date filed: June 11, 2024
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Amazon files lawsuit against bad actors facilitating the sale of counterfeits
Date filed: June 11, 2024
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Amazon Files Amended Complaint Against Reviews Abuse Broker Amzsellgurus.com
Date filed: April 30, 2024
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Amazon Files Second Amended Complaint Against Reviews Abuse Broker pmnlweb.com
Date filed: April 22, 2024
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Amazon Files Lawsuit Against Reviews Abuse Broker Nicediscount.net
Date filed: April 12, 2024
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Amazon Files Lawsuit Against Reviews Abuse Broker Dragon-Dealz.com
Date filed: March 15, 2024
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Amazon Files Lawsuit Against Reviews Abuse Broker Reviewerschannel.com
Date filed: March 15, 2024
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Amazon Files Amended Complaint Against Reviews Abuse Broker pmnlweb.com
Date filed: March 6, 2024
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Amazon Files Lawsuit Against Reviews Abuse Broker Ormosis.com
Date filed: November 17, 2023
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Amazon Files Lawsuit Against Reviews Abuse Broker Amzsellgurus.com
Date filed: August 31, 2023
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Date filed: August 31, 2023
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Date filed: August 10, 2023
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Date filed: July 31, 2023
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Amazon files lawsuit against bad actors facilitating the sale of counterfeits
Date filed: July 14, 2023
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Amazon Files Lawsuit Against Reviews Abuse Broker Mangocityit.com
Date filed: June 22, 2023
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Amazon files lawsuit against bad actors facilitating the sale of counterfeits
Date filed: July 17, 2023
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Amazon Files Lawsuit Against Reviews Abuse Broker Reddit-marketing.pro
Date filed: June 22, 2023
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Date filed: June 8, 2023
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Date filed: June 2, 2023
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Date filed: April 21, 2023
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Date filed: April 17, 2023
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Date filed: April 17, 2023
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Date filed: March 31, 2023
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Amazon files lawsuit against bad actors submitting fake copyright complaints
Date filed: March 30, 2023
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Amazon files lawsuit against bad actors who obtained invalid trademark and submitted fake infringement complaints
Date filed: March 30, 2023
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Date filed: February 22, 2023
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Date filed: February 22, 2023
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Date filed: February 22, 2023
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Date filed: February 22, 2023
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Date filed: October 17, 2022
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Date filed: October 17, 2022
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Date filed: October 17, 2022
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Date filed: October 11, 2022
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Date filed: September 15, 2022
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Date filed: August 9, 2022
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Date filed: August 9, 2022
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Date filed: August 9, 2022
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Date filed: August 9, 2022
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Date filed: July 19, 2022
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Date filed: May 6, 2022
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Date filed: February 22, 2022
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Date filed: February 22, 2022
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How do I get started with CCU?
As a brand, you must:
• Be enrolled with Amazon Brand Registry with an active registered trademark.
• Identify that your goods were counterfeited and available on Amazon.
As law enforcement, you must have an open and active investigation that:
• Involves counterfeit or potential counterfeit.
• Establishes a good faith that subject of your investigation is an Amazon seller.
To learn more, read the CCU frequently asked questions.
“The Amazon and BMW teams have come together in the fight against counterfeit in a way that exemplifies true partnership. Leveraging their machine learning technology to identify and target counterfeit indicators provided by our team has yielded solid results—most recently with the filing of the joint civil action in October 2023. We are proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish together so far to keep customers safe from bad actors and are motivated to continue to work together to achieve a lasting impact.”
Dr. Jochen Volkmer
Head of Intellectual Property Law, Trademarks, Designs, BMW Group
Head of Intellectual Property Law, Trademarks, Designs, BMW Group
“The collaboration between Amazon’s CCU, the London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit and Philips has been instrumental to protect our customers from counterfeit electric-toothbrush heads. This successful raid emphasizes the importance of collaboration between companies and law enforcement to combat counterfeiting and uphold our commitment to improve people’s health and well-being through meaningful innovation.”
Hannie van Iersel
Head of Trademark and Design, Philips
Head of Trademark and Design, Philips