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# European illegal IPTV enforcement action

November 2024, Piracy and IP

Extended pass entry, last reviewed August 21, 2026

What was taken down?

IPTV distribution infrastructure disrupted across multiple countries.

[See what happened](#what-happened)

What happened to the people?

Officials reported 11 apprehended.
Group accounted for: Partial

[See people and accountability](#people)

Did it stay down?

Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

[See what happened afterward](#afterward)

## What happened

Europol announced a major European illegal-IPTV enforcement action involving 102 identified suspects, 11 arrests, and more than 112 searches across participating countries.

**Date:** November 2024

**Target:** Multiple illegal IPTV networks, illegal streaming network

**Activity:** Piracy and IP

**Operational lead:** Not established

**Partners**

Europol[[1]](#source-1)

- [European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/european-union-agency-for-law-enforcement-cooperation), coordinator

**Jurisdiction:** Not established

**Outcome:** IPTV distribution infrastructure disrupted across multiple countries.

**Status:** Completed

**Legal mechanism:** Coordinated national judicial/search-and-seizure authority.

**Group accounted for:** Partial

## People and accountability

No individual is named against this entry in the cited record. That is a gap in what has been published rather than a finding that nobody was involved.

Group accounted for: Partial

The cited record does not say how large the group was or whether everyone involved has been identified.

[See the organizations and roles behind this action](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/european-illegal-iptv-enforcement-action/organizations)

## What happened afterward

Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

## Sources

Numbered markers throughout this entry link to the source that supports the claim beside them.

### Official sources

1.
[Illegal IPTV distribution network dismantled across Europe](https://takedownindex.org/sources/europol-illegal-iptv-distribution-network-dismantled-across-europe)

Europol, November 27, 2024, Source grade P2

Establishes the 102 identified suspects, 11 arrests, and 112+ searches.

No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

Coverage note. Added from deep-research aggregation pass. Not independently re-verified source-by-source to the same standard as the original 38-incident core; source\_quality capped at S2/P2 pending a dedicated verification pass.

Research context

## How this entry was checked

This entry came from a broader aggregation pass and has not been independently verified source by source. Its sources are graded no higher than P2 or S2, and most carry no address yet. Treat the figures as a research lead rather than a settled record.

Source review: Extended pass, not yet verified

Sources cited: 1

Research cutoff: August 20, 2026

Last reviewed August 21, 2026

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