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Alibaba sets up task force to monitor fakes

An Alibaba has established a special force of 300 staff to fight counterfeit goods, the e-commerce behemoth's shopping site Taobao said on Wednesday, as authorities accused it of failing to crack down on shady merchants. "Alibaba hasn't paid enough attention to illegal operations on its platform and hasn't effectively alleviated the situation," said the SAIC. Alibaba Group announced in December that it had spent more than 1 billion yuan fighting counterfeit goods and improving customer protection in the past two years. The company said it had worked with brand holders and tackled six million web links containing infringing items, assisting in more than 1,000 cases and the arrest of nearly 400 suspects.

China Daily

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