Italian-led law enforcement, supported by Europol, Eurojust and Interpol, seized three industrial-scale illegal IPTV services and dismantled associated infrastructure across 14 countries, identifying 31 suspects and impacting hundreds of thousands of subscribers. The operation, which targeted services retransmitting content from Sky, DAZN, Mediaset, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Paramount and Disney+, coincided with heightened protections for the upcoming Milan Winter Olympics. #IPTVItalia #DarkTV
Keypoints
- International operation led by Italy’s District Prosecutor of Catania with Europol, Eurojust and Interpol seized three large illegal IPTV services.
- Police dismantled servers and identified 31 suspected members of a transnational criminal group operating in multiple countries.
- The illicit platforms allegedly captured and re-transmitted content from Sky, DAZN, Mediaset, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Paramount and Disney+.
- Operators used cryptocurrency and shell companies to obfuscate payments and launder millions of euros in illicit revenue.
- The U.S. Department of Justice separately seized three popular Bulgarian piracy portals: zamunda.net, arenabg.com and zelka.org.