THE WORLD’S LARGEST-EVER OPERATION AGAINST AUDIOVISUAL PIRACY

The Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) has supported law enforcement agencies across Europe in dismantling the world’s largest transnational criminal organisation alleged to be serving pirated audiovisual content to over 22 million users, generating over 250 million euros in illegal revenue per month.

The operation was coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, carrying out 89 property searches in 15 Italian regions. An additional 14 searches were conducted by law enforcement agencies across Europe, including five addresses in England, and further searches and seizures in the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, France, Bulgaria, Germany and Croatia.

During the searches, cryptocurrencies in excess of EUR 1,650,000 and cash in excess of EUR 40,000 were seized as alleged proceeds of the offences committed. This represents just a fraction of an illegal business that is alleged to yield approximately EUR 3 billion per annum.

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