Despite regular complaints from rightsholders and direct pressure from the United States Trade Representative, little has been done to shut down or even damage Bulgaria's Zamunda BitTorrent tracker. This so-called "Notorious pirate market" has continued against the odds but during the last few days a carefully planned operation has torn…

Following the joint signing of an IFPI / Bulgarian Interior Ministry memorandum declaring a crackdown on piracy, the head of the Computer Crimes Department appeared on TV and said that the country's two largest BitTorrent sites will be closed down. Both Zamunda.net and Arenabg.com are currently in the spotlight but…

Following high level talks with the IFPI and very public declarations on national TV, it recently became clear that Bulgarian authorities would start taking down torrent sites and other file-sharing services. This week the Ministry of Affairs has been busy targeting what it describes as a "criminal network" of file-hosting…

Last month we reported on the media announcement by Bulgarian police that they would shut down the country's two largest BitTorrent trackers, Zamunda.net and ArenaBG. As with any story, there always two sides. TorrentFreak caught up with someone with inside knowledge of the trackers and the scene in general, for…