Europol unmasks the network of hundreds of illegal providers of sports broadcasts!
The operation involved 15 countries, including Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.
An operation by the European Union's law enforcement agency, Europol, during last summer's European Championships and the Paris Olympics has dismantled a network of several hundred providers of illegal sports streaming and other pirated content, the league announced on Monday. top football in Spain.
The law enforcement agency identified more than 560 resellers of pirated content that included streaming movies, series and TV channels.
La Liga, which cooperated in the investigation, said more than 100 suspects were identified and 11 arrested.
The operation was carried out in the framework of major sporting events this summer such as UEFA EURO 2024 and the Olympic Games, with the main objective of combating digital piracy in the form of publication, distribution and transmission of digital content subject to copyright and the like. rights," the league said.
More than 100 searches were carried out, with the seizure of nearly 30 servers and 270 IPTV devices, as well as 100 domains linked to illegal activities.
Drugs and weapons were also seized and cryptocurrency worth around €1.6 million was confiscated, along with €40,000 in cash.
The network distributed more than 2,500 TV channels and reached over 22 million users worldwide without the consent of copyright holders, the Spanish league said.
The operation involved 15 countries, including Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.
'Operation Kratos' ran from June to September and brought together EU and non-EU law enforcement authorities, EU agencies and private digital content companies.
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