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Spanish Court Orders ProtonVPN and NordVPN to Block Pirate Football Streams

February 18, 2026 World Justice News 0

In a first-of-its-kind ruling, a Spanish court has labeled VPN services as “technological intermediaries,” ordering them to actively block IP addresses that host illegal LaLiga matches. The “dynamic” injunction compels NordVPN and ProtonVPN to intervene, […]

UK Police and FACT Continue IPTV Piracy Arrests, Raids and Warnings

December 7, 2024 World Justice News 0

A 42-year-old man was arrested in a recent UK crackdown on illegal IPTV suppliers, with a special mention for ‘illicit Firesticks’. Local police, in collaboration with anti-piracy group FACT, also sent cease and desist letters […]

Feds Shut Down Pirate Sports Streaming Service 247TVStream and Indict Operators

November 24, 2024 World Justice News 0

247TVStream, a pirate IPTV streaming service boasting over 1,000 channels and catering to sports fans worldwide, has been shut down by U.S. authorities. The service, allegedly operated by two brothers, generated millions in revenue. One […]

ACE Has Prepared a Huge List of Pirate Sites it Wants to Shut Down in 2024

December 31, 2023 World Justice News 0

At a time when hundreds of millions of people in North America, Latin America, Europe, and beyond had little but Christmas on their minds, MPA & ACE were deciding which platforms to target in 2024. […]

Premier League Targets Dozens of Illegal Streaming Sites in U.S. Court

December 19, 2023 World Justice News 0

It’s relatively rare for the English Premier League to venture into the United States in search of pirates, but a new court filing makes up for lost time. An application filed at a California court […]

TV fraud gang jailed for illegally streaming Premier League games

May 30, 2023 World Justice News 0

Five men who illegally streamed Premier League football matches to tens of thousands of people have been jailed. The gang sold cut-price £10-a-month subscriptions, bragging they made money showing games not otherwise available to watch […]

Pirate IPTV: Police & Sky Nationwide Crackdown, Four Arrested

March 2, 2023 World Justice News 0

The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit, Police Scotland, and Sky TV, say they have carried out nationwide raids against suspected pirate IPTV suppliers in the UK. Four people have been arrested and police say that […]

ACE Shuts Down Major Pirate Site Extreme-Down After 15 Years of Resilience

February 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

After being targeted in French courts by movie companies, blocked by French ISPs, and then deindexed by Google, illegal streaming/DDL site Extreme-Down burned domain after domain in an effort to stay in the game. Ending […]

IPTV Pirate Must Pay £963K or 88 Month Prison Sentence Becomes 168 Months

June 7, 2022 World Justice News 0

In 2019, three men from the UK received prison sentences totaling more than 17 years for selling illegal access to the Premier League’s matches. Scheme ‘mastermind’ Steven King was sentenced to seven years and four […]

Human Rights

Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

Human Rights

Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]