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Tuesday, 1 January 2008

52 decoders were impounded and other items and documents seized.


The National police have arrested 28 people across the country today Friday, in relation to alleged crimes against intellectual property and telecommunications fraud.
Among those detained are the owners and administrators of hotels, local cable television networks and presidents of neighbour’s communities.
A statement from the police said the operation, named ‘Riós’, estimated that the amount defrauded was some eight million €.
Several distributors of modified decoders were also among those arrested. They had been advertising their wares on Internet portals.
The police operation was carried out in collaboration with the judicial police in Madrid, Alicante, Málaga, Soria and Logroño together with officers from Vigo, Elche, Coria del Rio and Astorga.
Among the local cable networks affected and accused of broadcasting copyright material were those in Nerja and San Pedro de Alcántara.

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