News extensive police operation against TV piracy took place in the previous days in Crete, in the context of the effort made to crack down on the illegal use of pirated subscriptions resulting in lost state revenues of several million euros.
The operation, which was coordinated by the Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate of Athens, resulted in tracking multiple people who were involved in illegal TV piracy activities.
According to information, the authorities invaded in many homes and businesses in various areas of the islandlocating and seizing illegal digital media more equipment which was used to download and rebroadcast pirated TV channels, as well as digital clientele with names and addresses of end users.
This action caused many ordinary users to they throw the illegal boxes in the trash, fearing that arrests will follow, as was done in previous weeks in searches of the homes of ordinary end-users in Thessaloniki.
It is noted that while we are already in the first half of 2024, they have taken place 5 major police operations against TV piracy, 6 arrests across the state and at the same time dozens of cases have been tried, with many years of imprisonment for those involved.
According to market sources, the impact of this operation reflects the growing fight against piracy and illegal use of intellectual property in Greece.
The authorities have repeatedly underlined the seriousness of the problem and their commitment to fight this serious form of crime. It is remarkable illegal financial benefits found in all these police operations against TV piracy.
Observed large money laundering, buying and selling of movable and immovable property, shell companies and intense parallel criminality.
The article “Crete: New major police operation against TV piracy”, was published for the first time in CRETA24.
Source CRETA24
