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Alibaba settles US illegal drug sales probe for $600m
Published Thursday, July 2, 2026 · Updated July 2
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- Settlement Details & Admissions — 1 source
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AI synthesisChinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and its US payment processor will pay $600 million to the US Justice Department to resolve allegations of failing to prevent illegal drug sales on its platforms. Alibaba admitted it failed to prevent approximately 80,000 illegal drug product sales between 2016 and 2024.
What We Know — Key Points
Key points are extracted by an AI model and may contain errors or omissions. Always check the original sources.- Alibaba and AUS Merchant Services will pay $600 million to the US Justice Department to resolve allegations of failing to prevent illegal drug sales.
- Alibaba admitted it failed to prevent approximately 80,000 illegal drug product sales on its platforms between 2016 and 2024.
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Settlement Details & Admissions
- Al Jazeera English
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and its US payment processor will pay $600 million to the US Justice Department to resolve allegations of failing to prevent illegal drug sales on its platforms. Alibaba admitted it failed to prevent approximately 80,000 illegal drug product sales between 2016 and 2024.
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