US EditionFrance ramps up pressure on EU to investigate Shein over sex dolls, weapons
- A man was arrested in France after authorities said a 56-year-old man allegedly bought a Shein childlike sex-doll, and the public prosecutor's office in Aix-en-Provence said searches of his home were carried out.
- On October 3, workers found the doll among parcels at a south-of-France warehouse, prompting France's consumer fraud agency DGCCRF to investigate listings on Shein's French website after an anonymous tip.
- Shein, according to Quentin Ruffat, said it will cooperate with the investigation, share vendor and buyer names, and has banned sex dolls since Nov 2, suspending third-party listings in France.
- The government has moved to suspend Shein by initiating a French government suspension procedure led by prime minister Sébastien Lecornu, while Economy Minister Roland Lescure warned the company could be banned despite its Nov 5 Paris store opening.
- Under the DSA, the European Commission can investigate Shein, and Jean-Noel Barrot said `I believe that the European Commission must take action. It cannot wait any longer`.
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“We will cooperate 100% with the judicial system,” promised Quentin Ruffat, Shein’s spokesman, on Tuesday to the RMC station. Ruffat meant that he will collaborate with the investigations of the French authorities after Finance Minister Roland Lescure threatened to ban the sale in the country of the controversial online sales company for selling childish-looking sex dolls on its platform. “I have heard the concerns of the Commissioner for Childr…
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