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Italian authorities seize pirate IPTV services

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Italian State Police and the District Prosecutor’s Office of Catania seized three industrial-scale illegal IPTV services, disrupting a transnational pirate TV network tied to unauthorized sports and entertainment streams. The coordinated action, backed by Europol, Eurojust, and Interpol, spanned 11 cities in 14 countries and targeted infrastructure used to serve millions of end-users. Italian police said the crackdown was especially urgent because of illegal broadcasts connected to the Winter Olympics in Milan.

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  1. 30.01.2026 18:39 2 articles · 3mo ago

    Italian authorities seize three illegal IPTV services

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    Italian State Police and the District Prosecutor’s Office of Catania, with Europol, Eurojust, and Interpol coordination, seized IPTVItalia, migliorIPTV, and DarkTV across 11 cities in 14 countries. The action targeted industrial-scale illegal IPTV infrastructure used to retransmit Sky, DAZN, Mediaset, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Paramount, and Disney+ content, and Italian police said at least 250 resellers and 100,000 IPTV subscribers in Italy were affected.

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