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I am fairly sure that trafficking in stolen goods is only a crime if the person knew, or if a reasonable person should have known, that the goods were stolen.
by SpelingBeeChamp 4y ago
I am fairly sure that trafficking in stolen goods is only a crime if the person knew, or if a reasonable person should have known, that the goods were stolen.
- HDThoreaun 4y agoAnd many people at Amazon surely do know that they sell stolen goods but decide to do nothing about it
- notch656a 4y agoAnd many people who buy from Amazon know Amazon must happen to sell some goods that are stolen, yet they still shop there. If everyone had to cease buying/selling because they know their counterparty must have some stolen goods then trade would literally ground to a halt. I don't know if it's a crime if it's just "somewhere we must be buying stolen goods, but we don't know where." I'm not a lawyer but I think knowing that the specific item you bought/sold was stolen would look differently in court than just having some vague knowledge there must be stolen stuff somewhere in the supply chain.
- Teever 4y agoMerely possessing stolen goods is a crime where I am from and is more than likely the same where you are.
- nradov 4y agoNope. Possession of stolen property is not a strict liability offense under US criminal law. Prosecution requires mens rea.
- pclmulqdq 4y agoThis depends - if a person goes out of their way not to find out whether the goods are legitimate, it's equally bad. Either way, if you possess stolen goods, they will usually be taken from you and returned to their owner. If that happened to a lot of Amazon customers, the refund volume would encourage Amazon to crack down on their supply chain.