The Economic Crimes Department (ECD) of the Royal Thai Police, with support from the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), conducted raids at four locations in Bangkok, Surin Province, and Surat Thani.
Siambit.me was the largest torrent tracker site in Thailand with an average of 5.5 million monthly visits. It provided access to a wide range of Hollywood, International, and Thai content. The site had been operating since 2005 and regularly changed its domain to avoid detection. According to the Royal Thai Police, Siambit.me had over 100,000 VIP members, and the operators were making an estimated 1.5 million baht (USD$41,000) monthly.
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Four Thai nationals have been taken into custody and are expected to be formally charged with copyright offenses in the coming days.
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