Pirate Bay disappears from web after reported police raid

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Pirate Bay has disappeared from the web after a reported police raid.

As Digital Spy reveals citing to Torrent Freak, Swedish police carried out a raid in Stockholm on December 10 where they seized servers and computers.

Police national coordinator for IP enforcement Paul Pintér said: "There has been a crackdown on a server room in Greater Stockholm. This is in connection with violations of copyright law."

It is thought that at least one person was arrested during the raid, although police are refusing to confirm whether today's events were directly related to The Pirate Bay.

"There were a number of police officers and digital forensics experts there," expert file-sharing case prosecutor Fredrik Ingblad added.

"This took place during the morning and continued until this afternoon. Several servers and computers were seized, but I cannot say exactly how many."

Last month, co-founder Fredrik Neij was arrested on the border between Laos and Thailand, meaning all three of the website's founders are now in custody.