Italy Fines Amazon Record $1.3 Billion for Abuse of Market Dominance

Italy Fines Amazon Record $1.3 Billion for Abuse of Market Dominance
Flags flutter outside a distribution centre, during a strike at Amazon's logistics operations in Passo Corese, Italy, on March 22, 2021. Remo Casilli/Reuters
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MILAN—Italy’s antitrust watchdog announced on Dec. 9 that it has fined Amazon 1.13 billion euros ($1.28 billion) for the company’s alleged abuse of market dominance, in one of the largest penalties imposed on a U.S. tech giant in Europe.

Amazon said it “strongly disagreed” with the Italian regulator’s decision and that it would file an appeal.