After Looting Spree, France Tells Online Resellers to Crack Down on Traffic of Stolen Goods
- Following widespread riots across France, stolen goods including luxury perfumes and e-sports trophies have flooded resale platforms like Vinted. These listings have triggered suspicions that looters are attempting to sell stolen items online.
- More than half a million people joined demonstrations on Saturday in Paris, Marseille, and Lyon, as protests against the cost of living turned into violent riots. Widespread looting occurred as demonstrators set fire to cars and buildings.
- A silver StarLadder Counter-Strike trophy stolen from Team Vitality was advertised for £1,250, while bags of Sephora cosmetics appeared for as little as £10. Carrefour reported damage to 50 stores, including 20 that were looted.
- Vinted has taken immediate action to identify and remove listings linked to the looting, working with French authorities and police. The company is adapting its "processes to detect and counter emerging risks and malicious behaviour."
- French authorities reported more than 2,400 arrests and nearly 1,000 injured police officers by Sunday. French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged intelligence "failures" regarding the riots and has stepped up powers to ban protests.
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After protests, there were also robberies in France, and some of those who stole goods praised themselves on social networks. Moreover, certain products were put on sale on platforms, mentioning in the description that they were stolen. The article Protests in France, followed by robberies. The thieves put products on sale online. What measures the authorities took first appears in Romania TV.
France's digital minister on Monday called on online resale platforms to remove ads for "stolen items" after Saturday's robberies and summoned representatives of companies including Vinted and eBay.
The resale sites were to be received, this Monday evening in Bercy, with the Ministries of Justice and Interior to prevent the disposal of allegedly stolen goods and to try to identify potential receivers.
Trade and digital ministers convened several platforms to ensure their cooperation in identifying potential retailers of products from the attacked shops during the weekend.
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