France urges online marketplaces to stop resale of looted goods

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 22:50 · Archive

The French government has called on major online marketplaces to remove listings of stolen goods following weekend looting across France.

The French government has called on leading online marketplaces to bar listings of goods stolen during weekend looting across France. France's Digital Affairs Minister Anne Le Hénanff said she expected platforms to remove suspicious listings 'without delay' and to work closely with public authorities to identify and prosecute those reselling stolen goods.

The government held meetings with representatives of Vinted, Amazon, eBay, Meta, TikTok and Leboncoin. Minister for Small Businesses Serge Papin said officials were working on 'coordination between investigators and online platforms' to identify individuals behind suspicious listings, with a specific protocol expected to be put in place.

Vinted said it has a 'zero-tolerance policy' on the sale of stolen goods and that its teams had taken immediate action since the weekend to identify and remove listings that may involve stolen items, with stepped-up monitoring of suspicious listings. Other platforms did not immediately comment.

The European Commission said it was happy to examine the issue of looted goods sold on online marketplaces in collaboration with French authorities, framing it as a new dimension of platform responsibility and monitoring of illicit trade in the EU's digital marketplace.

How it is being reported

• France tells online marketplaces to crack down on resale of looted itemsAs thousands of shop owners are reeling from the weekend violence and looting, listings of apparently stolen items have been popping up online. The government asked major second-hand marketplaces such as Vinted, eBay and Amazon to crack down on suspicious adverts.France 24 · 19 Oct, 22:24
• After looting spree, France tells online resellers to crack down on traffic of stolen goodsThe French government wants Vinted, Amazon, eBay, Meta and TikTok to work closely with police to stop the sale of stolen goods .Politico Europe · 19 Oct, 17:09

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