After looting spree, France tells online resellers to crack down on traffic of stolen goods

Key Points:

• The French government has urged online marketplaces like Vinted and eBay to immediately remove listings of goods stolen during recent nationwide looting and to cooperate with authorities to identify and prosecute sellers of stolen items.
• A meeting was held with representatives from major platforms including Vinted, Amazon, eBay, Meta, TikTok, and Leboncoin to discuss coordination between investigators and online marketplaces, with plans to establish a specific protocol.
• Vinted France confirmed a zero-tolerance policy on stolen goods and reported increased monitoring and removal of suspicious listings since the looting events.
• The issue of stolen goods sold online is gaining attention at the European Commission level, with discussions ongoing about platform responsibility and monitoring illicit trade in the EU digital marketplace.
• In response to the unrest, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has imposed partial curfews and announced a special support fund to help approximately 3,000 local businesses affected by the weekend’s disturbances.