beIN MEDIA GROUP and Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment Shutdown Nine Additional Pirate Sites in Egypt

beIN MEDIA GROUP (“beIN”), the global sports and entertainment broadcaster, and the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (“ACE”), the world’s leading coalition dedicated to combatting digital piracy, today confirmed the successful closure of nine additional illegal piracy operations by Egyptian law enforcement.

Sixteen Egyptian police officers were involved in the raids and were supported by the Egyptian Ministry of Internal Affairs. These raids resulted in the arrest of the two operators and seizure of domains, assets, and IT equipment. 

This action builds on beIN and ACE’s collective efforts in the region to tackle illegal theft of content and intellectual property. In June, both groups praised local law enforcement for actions taken to close an additional 18 piracy operations, bringing the total number of illegal sites shut down to 27. 

“ACE and beIN are grateful to the Egyptian Minister of Interior, the Assistant Minister for the Specialized Police, and the Director of the General Administration of Works and Intellectual Property Rights for their partnership and engagement in seeing this action through and for acknowledging and prioritising the theft of intellectual property as a serious crime. We look forward to continuing to work together throughout the prosecution of this case,” said Jan van Voorn, Executive Vice President and chief of Global Content Protection for the Motion Picture Association and head of ACE.

“ACE and beIN take an extremely active approach to tackling piracy, customising our actions to most effectively combat various piracy methods – in Egypt, across the entire region, and globally,” van Voorn added. “This is just the beginning of the work we’re going to do together to bring these illegal