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Pirate IPTV: Police Across Europe Carry Out ‘Largest Ever’ Operation

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In conjunction with Europol, police forces in Spain, UK, and Denmark, have carried out what is being described as the "largest ever" operation against a pirate IPTV network. Five people have been arrested, accused of crimes including IP violations, fraud, and money laundering.
Over the past several years, consumers have been increasingly turning to ‘pirate’ IPTV providers with the key aims of cutting bills and gaining convenient access to vast swathes of live TV and on-demand video.
But for rightsholders and broadcasters, these unlicensed platforms present a growing threat as they undermine existing business models with what are increasingly high-quality services.

The latest effort to stem the tide appears to be a significant one. Spain’s National Police says that in cooperation with police forces from the UK, Denmark, and Europol, it has conducted “the largest operation in Europe” against the illegal distribution of content via IPTV.
Police carried out 14 simultaneous raids, eight of them in Spain (in Malaga, Madrid and Alicante), four in Denmark, and two in the UK. Five people were arrested and now stand accused of a variety of crimes, from IP offenses to fraud and money laundering. Ten others gave statements to police.

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https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-iptv-police-across-europe-carry-out-largest-ever-operation-190322/
 
Typical scaremongering probably circulated by FACT. If it was such a massive International Operation how come they could only find 5 people to arrest even though they apparently made 20 raids. Interesting that 10 people gave statements, strikes me they are struggling to make it appear a success as I cannot ever recall reading about a police operation in the UK where they boasted about the number of witness statements taken. Some enquiries in UK involve 1000's of statements, its bollocks! Most police forces in Europe have no appreciation of this type of offence. I can imagine what's happened, some guy from FACT has trolled up to the police station in Malaga or wherever and taken the head cop out for a slap up meal on the strength of them putting a couple of front doors in. Repeat this scenario anywhere in Europe. As for Europol they dont have any executive powers, they facilitate co- operation with local police or gather intelligence, thats it.
On a very serious note, with all the terrible crimes that are committed on our streets every day, young people losing their lives not only in London but throughout the UK by knife crime, children being abused by paedophiles, and always the threat of terrorism is it in the public interest for the police to be involved in this? Or is it big business demanding their pound of flesh and keeping us members of the lower classes in are place.
 
How can a paedophile or murderers get less of a sentence than someone who provides channels at a cheaper price than big companies. Money really does talk
 
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