European police pull plug on 'largest' illegal streaming service

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BERSIH recently gave Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's Madani government a 'D' grade, citing a lack of significant institutional reforms and unmet promises two years into his administration.

To evade authorities, the suspects allegedly used encrypted messaging services to communicate and false identities to register phone numbers, credit cards, server rentals and television subscriptions. — Photo by

Police from nine EU countries and Britain swooped on suspects on Tuesday, shutting down servers and carrying out searches, Eurojust and Europol said in separate statements. The suspects"illegally distributed material from streaming services online, including films and series", it added, saying that"the illegal service served more than 22 million users worldwide"."They were able to make over €250mil in illegal profits per month. The economic damages to the copyright holders of the material is estimated at €10bil ," Eurojust said.

The Hague-based Eurojust coordinated the operation by British, Croatian, Dutch, Italian, Romanian, Swedish and Swiss law authorities, while Europol supported the operation by deploying experts and analysing the available intelligence during the investigation phase.

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