Amazon announced the Counterfeit Crimes Unit, a body comprised tasked with detecting counterfeit activity, employing at least 21 former federal prosecutors and 49 former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employees.

Several companies have announced plans to suspend cooperation with the federal government on facial recognition technology. Both IBM and Amazon announced this week concerns that, absent proper regulation, the technology could replicate biases that lead to racial profiling or improper use. Amazon has given the federal government one year to impose stronger regulations on the technology’s use.