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French Police Dismantle Operation Behind the Already Defunct YggTorrent
https://torrentfreak.com/french-police-dismantle-operation-behind-the-already-defunct-yggtorrent/
French police have finally caught up with the ghosts of YggTorrent, France’s once-mighty pirate haven. Even though the site shut down months ago following a devastating hack by “Gr0lum,” the Gendarmerie isn’t letting the drama end there. They’ve arrested twelve individuals and dismantled the criminal infrastructure that kept the operation running.
Here’s the scoop:
- The Charges: Suspects face organized copyright infringement, money laundering, and operating illegal transaction platforms. The scale was massive, with an estimated €8.5 million in revenue routed through fake e-commerce stores to hide from payment processors like PayPal and Stripe.
- The Loot: Police seized crypto-assets and roughly €45,000 in computer equipment, proving that even defunct sites leave digital footprints.
- The Domino Effect: The arrests have triggered a wave of closures across the French warez scene. Major release groups like Forward and TFA have shut down, and several private trackers and indexers have gone dark in precaution.
While the police claim to have “dismantled the site,” they’re technically just taking down the people behind it—the servers are already gone. But for the French piracy community, the message is clear: the crackdown is far from over, and more arrests are likely on the horizon.