3.5 million pirated DVDs seized from Russian storages

Last week specialized teams formed out of several Russian enforcement authorities conducted a coordinated raid at seven premises in the Moscow region. A total of 3.5 million pirated DVDs were seized. The range of DVDs included a large number of films that were recently released and are still shown in movie theatres, like 'Prince of Persia' and 'Sex and the City 2'.

The main raid concentrated on a storage facility  rented out to the public and small businesses. However, the raid team found no small business in the rented space, but instead 42 employees packing freshly burned DVDs, adding inlays to empty boxes and two professional packaging machines.

The other six, simultaneously performed raids took place at locations from where the pirated DVDs were distributed throughout Russia and onto the streets. Five leaders of a criminal group were arrested and several computers and servers seized by the police from their home addresses. They risk a prison sentence of six years.

Source: MPA