The police charged seven people for copyright infringement and four of them were also charged with money laundering.

The group created over 100 websites with 26,000 series and movies without permission, earning around $12.85 million before being shut down.

The most well-known website was HiAnime, which was like Netflix.

The group members were paid in cryptocurrency and bought cars and real estate to hide their earnings.

The police got information from US organizations to carry out the crackdown.

Vietnam is trying to stop piracy because of complaints from the US.

The US gave Vietnam a special status because of piracy concerns and the country needs to resolve these issues.

Japan also wants Vietnam to stop piracy of Japanese anime, games, and manga.

Japan lost a lot of money from illegal media sharing and fake merchandise last year.

Image from Lao Động.