Looted French goods are popping up on resale site Vinted

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The second-hand online marketplace Vinted has removed listings of looted French goods and stepped up checks on “suspicious” adverts, as the country’s authorities seek to prevent goods stolen during riots from being sold online.

Vinted says its teams have taken “immediate action to identify and remove listings linked to the looting,” following a weekend of unrest that saw shops ransacked across France, with the cost of property damage and theft estimated to be several hundred million dollars.

“The sale of stolen goods, or soliciting them, is strictly prohibited on Vinted, and we have zero tolerance for it,” the company said in a statement, noting that it had “stepped up monitoring of suspicious listings.”

Accounts found to have breached its rules could face permanent bans, Vinted said, adding that it is working with law enforcement and French authorities to “detect and counter emerging risks and malicious behaviour.”

The response comes as the French government steps up scrutiny of online marketplaces following reports that goods stolen during Saturday’s unrest were being offered for sale online.

Serge Papin, France’s small businesses minister, said on ​X that authorities had called a meeting Monday with online marketplace operators and officials ​from the interior and justice ministries.

On Tuesday, he said the government had obtained commitments from platforms to detect and remove ads for looted items, and was also monitoring sales itself, warning that anyone selling stolen goods would be tracked down and prosecuted.

Major retailers including luxury groups such as Louis Vuitton and Rolex and beauty retailer Sephora were caught up in the violence, Reuters reported.

Sephora said several of its stores in France had been ransacked, with employees facing “violence, fear and great tension.”

In a statement posted on LinkedIn, the company’s EMEA president, Catherine Spindler, said it had decided to close all its stores at 5pm Saturday and keep its city-center locations closed the following day, for the safety of staff and customers.

“The strength of a company is not its stores or its windows. It is the women and men who keep it alive,” the post reads.

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Luxury fashion brand Burberry also confirmed that its store on Rue Saint-Honoré in Paris was temporarily closed while it assessed the situation.

The emergence of suspected looted goods on resale platforms presents another challenge for retailers already dealing with damage to their stores and disruption to their businesses.

Vinted prohibits the sale of stolen goods and relies on a range of checks, including reports from retailers and users, to identify suspicious listings.

Founded in Lithuania in 2008, Vinted has grown into one of Europe’s largest second-hand marketplaces. France, the UK and Italy are among its biggest markets, according to Reuters.

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二手在线市场 Vinted 已删除被掠夺的法国商品列表，并加强了对“可疑”广告的检查，因为该国当局正努力防止在骚乱期间被盗的物品在网上出售。

在法国周末发生骚乱，商店遭到洗劫，财产损失和盗窃造成的损失估计达数亿美元之后，Vinted 表示其团队已采取“立即行动，识别并删除与抢劫有关的商品信息”。

“在 Vinted 上销售或招揽赃物是严格禁止的，我们对此零容忍，”该公司在一份声明中表示，并指出已“加强对可疑商品信息的监控”。

Vinted表示，发现违反其规则的账户可能会被永久封禁，并补充说，该公司正在与执法部门和法国当局合作，“检测和打击新出现的风险和恶意行为”。

此前有报道称，周六骚乱期间被盗的物品在网上出售，法国政府随即加强了对在线市场的审查。

法国小企业部长塞尔日·帕潘在X上表示，当局已于周一召集在线市场运营商以及内政部和司法部的官员举行会议。

周二，他表示政府已获得平台承诺，将检测并删除赃物广告，同时也在监控销售情况，并警告说，任何出售赃物的人都将被追查并受到起诉。

路透社报道称，包括路易威登、劳力士等奢侈品集团以及丝芙兰等美妆零售商在内的多家大型零售商都卷入了这场暴力事件。

丝芙兰表示，其在法国的多家门店遭到洗劫，员工面临“暴力、恐惧和极大的紧张”。

该公司 EMEA 总裁 Catherine Spindler 在 LinkedIn 上发表声明称，为了员工和顾客的安全，公司决定于周六下午 5 点关闭所有门店，并于次日关闭市中心门店。

“一家公司的实力不在于它的门店或橱窗，而在于那些让它生存下去的员工，”帖子中写道。

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奢侈时尚品牌 Burberry 也证实，其位于巴黎圣奥诺雷街的门店暂时关闭，以便评估情况。

疑似被盗商品出现在转售平台上，给零售商带来了又一个挑战，他们已经面临着店铺受损和业务中断的困境。

Vinted 禁止销售赃物，并依靠一系列检查措施（包括零售商和用户的举报）来识别可疑的商品信息。

Vinted于2008年在立陶宛成立，现已发展成为欧洲最大的二手交易平台之一。据路透社报道，法国、英国和意大利是其最大的市场。