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The operation involved 15 countries, including Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
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An operation led by Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, during last summer's European Championship and Olympic Games in Paris dismantled a network of several hundred providers of illegal sports content and other pirated content, announced Spain's premier football league.
Law enforcement identified more than 560 resellers of pirated contentincluding films, series and television channels.
La Liga, which cooperated with the investigation, said more than 100 suspects had been identified and 11 of them arrested.
The operation was carried out in the context of this summer's major sporting events, such as UEFA EURO 2024 and the Olympic Games, with the main objective of combating digital piracy in the form of publication, distribution and broadcast of digital content subject to copyright and related rights,” the league said.
More than 100 searches took place, 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 cryptocurrencies worth around 1.6 million euros were confiscated, as well as 40,000 euros in cash.
The network distributed more than 2,500 television channels and reached more than 22 million users worldwide without the consent of the copyright holders, the Spanish league said.
The operation was carried out in 15 countries, including Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Operation Kratos ran from June to September and brought together law enforcement authorities from EU and non-EU countries, as well as EU agencies and private content companies digital.
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