Europol dismantles illegal streaming platform
In a co-ordinated effort, law enforcement from France, Germany, Monaco, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, with the support of Europol, took down an organised crime group involved in intellectual property crime. The piracy operation earned €1.9 million from illegal streaming boxes, which allowed access to 82 000 media content items. It was taken down by seizing 11 servers in 4 countries.
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