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  "id": "cooperation-metrics",
  "title": "Public-private cooperation",
  "chartNumber": null,
  "report": {
    "title": "Smuggling: The Role of the State and E-commerce Platforms",
    "publisher": "Insight LAC",
    "authors": [
      "Ana Basco",
      "Paula Garnero",
      "Lautaro Ramirez"
    ],
    "url": "https://estudios.insightlac.com"
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "organization": "Insight LAC, sección 3.2",
      "publication": "Contrabando: el rol del Estado y de las plataformas de e-commerce",
      "year": 2026
    },
    {
      "organization": "Infobae",
      "publication": "La batalla contra el contrabando reaviva la disputa entre empresas y plataformas como Mercado Libre: qué hace el Gobierno",
      "year": 2026,
      "url": "https://www.infobae.com/economia/2026/06/14/la-batalla-contra-el-contrabando-reaviva-la-disputa-entre-empresas-y-plataformas-como-mercado-libre-que-hace-el-gobierno/"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": "verified",
  "note": null,
  "url": "https://estudios.insightlac.com/ecommerce/en/#cooperacion",
  "attribution": "Source: Insight LAC, “Smuggling: The Role of the State and E-commerce Platforms”",
  "columns": [
    "Group",
    "Metric",
    "Value",
    "Period",
    "Scope",
    "Source"
  ],
  "rows": [
    [
      "Mercado Libre Anti-Counterfeiting Alliance (MACA)",
      "Joint operations",
      "6",
      "July–December 2025",
      "Regional",
      "Insight LAC, sección 3.2, Contrabando: el rol del Estado y de las plataformas de e-commerce, 2026"
    ],
    [
      "Mercado Libre Anti-Counterfeiting Alliance (MACA)",
      "Counterfeit products seized",
      "More than 45 tonnes",
      "Cumulative since 2021",
      "Regional",
      "Insight LAC, sección 3.2, Contrabando: el rol del Estado y de las plataformas de e-commerce, 2026"
    ],
    [
      "Mercado Libre Anti-Counterfeiting Alliance (MACA)",
      "New criminal complaints",
      "9",
      "July–December 2025",
      "Brazil, Mexico and Chile",
      "Insight LAC, sección 3.2, Contrabando: el rol del Estado y de las plataformas de e-commerce, 2026"
    ],
    [
      "Meta and the Undersecretariat for Consumer Protection",
      "Profiles linked to mobile phone sales taken down",
      "About 30",
      "April–June 2026",
      "Argentina",
      "Infobae, La batalla contra el contrabando reaviva la disputa entre empresas y plataformas como Mercado Libre: qué hace el Gobierno, 2026"
    ]
  ]
}