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Prosecutor release

Artem Vaulin, administrator of Kickass Torrents website, arrested in Poland

US DOJ, July 20, 2016. Establishes the Kickass Torrents domain seizure and Vaulin's arrest in Poland..

Source type
Prosecutor release
Published
July 20, 2016
Research grade
P1
Used in entries
5

Bibliographic record

Publisher
US DOJ
Published
July 20, 2016
Source type
Prosecutor release
Research grade
Source grade P1
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.
What it supports
Establishes the Kickass Torrents domain seizure and Vaulin's arrest in Poland.
Dataset id
src_doj_kat_2016

Research notes

  • Not independently re-verified in this pass.

How this source is used

Cited 5 times across 3 record types.

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Organization roles

3 citations

Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.

Legal actions against people

1 citation

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

  • Artem Vaulin

    Arrested, Kickass Torrents takedown

    Primary source

Infrastructure

1 citation

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

  • Domain

    Domain seized, Kickass Torrents takedown

    Primary source
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