{"id":14047,"date":"2012-09-07T22:40:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T02:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=14047"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:37:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:37:42","slug":"pirate-bay-founder-svartholm-warg-arrested-in-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2012\/09\/pirate-bay-founder-svartholm-warg-arrested-in-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirate Bay Founder Svartholm Warg arrested in Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14048\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14048\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/warg-gottfrid-svartholm-n.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14048\" title=\"warg-gottfrid-svartholm.n\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/warg-gottfrid-svartholm-n.jpg?resize=370%2C277\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"277\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gottfrid Svartholm Warg (L).(AFP Photo \/ Bertil Ericson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, co-founder of the popular \u2018Pirate Bay\u2019 file-sharing website, has been arrested in Cambodia. Warg was wanted by Sweden on copyright infringement charges after failing to report for a yearlong prison sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">Authorities arrested Warg in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in an apartment above The Cadillac Bar and Grill, a popular expat hangout, TorrentFreak.com reported. The Swedish government issued an international arrest warrant for Warg in January, after he failed to appear for the start of his jail term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">\u201cHis arrest was made at the request of the Swedish government for a crime related to information technology,&#8221; Cambodian police spokesperson Kirth Chantharith told AFP &#8220;We don&#8217;t have an extradition treaty with Sweden but we&#8217;ll look into our laws and see how we can handle this case.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">Warg was one of four co-founders of BitTorrent website The Pirate Bay, which was temporarily taken offline by Swedish authorities after a court ruled in 2009 that all four individuals were guilty of encouraging copyright violations, and sentenced them to one year in Swedish prison and millions of dollars in fines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">In a 2010 appeal against the verdict, the four maintained that no pirated material was actually distributed through their site. Three of the co-founders had their jail time reduced to sentences ranging from four to ten months, but their fines increased as a result of the appeal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">Warg \u2013 who was living in Phnom Penh at the time \u2013 claimed that his health was too poor for him to attend his sentencing, prompting the judge to uphold his prison sentence and $1.1 million in fines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">According to TorrentFreak, health issues have been a concern for Warg since 2010. He moved to Cambodia several years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000ff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/pirate-bay-warg-cambodia-220\/\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff\">Fuente<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, co-founder of the popular \u2018Pirate Bay\u2019 file-sharing website, has been arrested in Cambodia. 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