As we posted here on CD Freaks before about professional pirates being busted, now in Italy a big professional ring is busted as you can read below.
One person has been charged and a further 10 suspects fingered as the Italian finance police (Guardia di Finanza) and the Business Software Alliance (BSA) seized 100,000 software titles ready to be copied onto CDs and DVDs. |
The haul also included thousands of other illegally produced media including the latest film releases and video games. Four thousand images of explicit pornography - including child porn - were also seized as well as information that could lead to the duplication of satellite TV smart cards.
The network sold counterfeit software over the Internet using three illegal Web sites. It also sold products using anonymous emails which sometimes used encrypted messages with passwords to reach customers.
The BSA welcomed the crackdown claiming it is part of an active investigation into software piracy in Europe.
This kind of pirates are only in it for the money. As you can read they were also selling child pornography, these kind of people deserve to be locked away for a long, long time. You can read the full story here.
Source: TheRegister
