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\"Italy\"The competition authority in Italy announced that they will start an investigation. It is regarding Amazon Italia’s dominance abuse in the e-commerce logistics industry. The company is now facing a globally increasing regulatory examination.

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According to the watchdog, they will investigate five of Amazon group’s companies. They are Amazon EU, Amazon Italia Services, Amazon Italia Logistica, Amazon Europe Core and Amazon Services Europe. In a press release, the Italian authority mentioned to specifically consider whether Amazon is granting third-party retailers with its own logistics service an advantage over other retailers that are not involved in the service.

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Doubts
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Margrethe Vestager, European Competition Commissioner, told CNBC that the European Union could issue a formal investigation into Amazon. This in regard to the usage of its data on its third-party retailers. Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal, lawmakers in the United States, have expressed doubts about Amazon for anti-trust practices as well.

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According to Amazon’s spokesperson, the company is ‘fully co-operating with the Authority’. The Italian competition authority Antitrust said that it is very likely that the investigation will last a year.

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