Entertainment industry security

Swedish police are cracking down on illegal internet torrent sites and have arrested five people under suspicion of copyright-related offences.

This news comes two weeks after BitTorrent search engine, The Pirate Bay, reappeared following a police raid which forced the site offline in December 2014.

An investigation into The Pirate Bay and its former operator Fredrik Neij is underway.

A spokesperson for Rights Alliance, a Swedish organisation that tackles internet crime, confirmed the sites now offline are Tankafetast, Sweden’s second largest torrent site, Tankafetast Play and The Pirate Hub.

Swedish Police Make Arrests in Raids on Torrent Sites