Bulgarian police raid two filesharing web sites

TWO BULGARIAN filesharing web sites have been raided by the country's organised crime unit.

According to Torrent Freak, three locations were raided and two web site admins were arrested, one of whom was only 17 years old.

The web sites served in excess of three quarters of a million members and had been established for several years.

Bulgaria's organised crime unit targeted the two web sites over the weekend as part of an ongoing campaign to crack down on internet based copyright infringement.

The National Directorate for Combating Organized Crime said it had raided three locations in the western city of Pernik, the central northern city of Gabrovo and the capital Sofia.

Computer equipment and other hardware was seized, but both web sites remain up on the same host located outside the country in Germany. Meanwhile, access to their Bittorrent trackers has been disabled.

The Bulgarian Interior Ministry described the raids as "another successful operation" as the country's Ministry of Culture continues to crack down on copyright infringement. µ