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Crackdown
29 Nov 2022 News
POLICE SHUTTER 13,000 SITES IN PIRACY CRACKDOWN
PHIL MUNCASTER UK / EMEA NEWS REPORTER, INFOSECURITY MAGAZINE
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A wide-ranging effort to disrupt counterfeiting and online piracy across the EU
resulted in the closure of 12,526 websites hosting illegal content, according to
Europol.
As of this week's Cyber Monday, police disconnected 32 servers used to
distribute the content for 2294 television channels. They also shuttered 15
online stores selling counterfeit products on social media sites and seized
127,365 fake clothes, watches, shoes, accessories, perfumes, electronics and
other items worth over €3.8m ($3.9m).
Law enforcers across 27 countries participated in Europol’s 13th Operation In
Our Sites, which ran from May 1 to November 14.
The agency warned that a growing number of counterfeit items are made today
inside the EU, and that IP-related offenses are increasingly linked to serious
and organized crime.
In total, 10 search warrants were issued and 14 people detained or accused of IP
crimes, including four who were arrested in Spain. According to Europol, the
prime suspect in this case had been earning €150,000 per month and lived in a
luxury villa, drove expensive cars and took luxury holidays all over the world.
The criminal network they worked for apparently generated funds from marketing
and distributing pirated AV content on the internet.
Meanwhile, police in Bulgaria probed a criminal network using Facebook accounts
and websites to sell counterfeit clothes imitating well-known brands. Workshops
featuring sewing and embossing machines were raided and items worth €35,000 were
seized, Europol said.
The policing organization urged consumers to be on their guard when buying items
online. It added that social media channels are often used to promote e-commerce
stores selling counterfeit products.
In some cases, the criminal networks also receive revenue from brands wanting to
advertise on their sites. It claimed even “prestigious brands” may accidentally
publish their ads on such domains.
A Europol report released in March claimed that the value of counterfeit goods
in 2019 was €119bn or nearly 6% of total EU imports. However, the number has
likely surged during the pandemic thanks to the expansion of e-commerce during
the period, it warned.
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