[dboreham]

I read the article, and then the source press release from the postal police.

My Italian is not good, but I suspect this is a case of the "journalists" writing the article using Google translate, with their brains in neutral. My reading of the relevant sentence is that it is the "illegal streaming industry" that "generates EUR 3B annually" and causes 10B damage to the media rights holders (they say, presumably). This is where the "250M/mo" comes from -- a figure that never appears in the actual press release. They also say they seized 1.6M in crypto and 40K in cash. So...TFA is BS.

https://www.commissariatodips.it/notizie/articolo/comunicato...

[PaywallBuster]

> Sono stati sequestrati oltre 2500 canali illegali e server che gestivano la maggior parte dei segnali illeciti in Europa, con i quali i presunti frodatori hanno realizzato un giro illegale di affari di oltre 250 milioni di euro mensili.

Google translate offering > Over 2,500 illegal channels and servers were seized that managed the majority of the illicit signals in Europe, with which the alleged fraudsters achieved an illegal turnover of over 250 million euros per month

[BLKNSLVR]

The attempt to "seize an illegal channel" invokes various of the lyrics from "How do you solve a problem like Maria?"

How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?

How do you keep a wave upon the sand?

How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?

[alphan0n]

Can’t stop the signal, Mal.

[lobsterthief]

How do you impound all the downloaded cars?