Cops crack down on illegal streaming in Italy, 7 countries

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 27 - Italian police on Wednesday cracked down on illegal streaming in Italy and seven other countries in the biggest ever operation against audio-visual piracy ever in Europe.
    The police, coordinated by the Catania Public Prosecutor's Office, carried out Operation Takendown, dismantling the most widespread transnational criminal organization that illegally served over 22 million users.
    Over 270 postal police officers carried out 89 searches in 15 Italian regions and, with the collaboration of foreign police forces, 14 searches in the United Kingdom, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania and Croatia, against 102 people.
    The Croatian police executed precautionary custody orders against 11 people under investigation. (ANSA).