Anti-piracy organisation AEPOC has given its official backing to secretary general David Rossi. It follows an investigation by the Italian fiscal police in Sicily that mentioned Rossi as one of 132 unnamed individuals that were possible “external supporters” of a local card hacker.
“The explanations received from Mr Rossi and our discussions within the AEPOC Board of Directors did not reveal any grounds to justify to change our efficient Secretary General,” said AEPOC president Jean Grenier. “We have complete confidence in the Italian justice that they will resolve the matter.”
The Sicilian court case against the 26 people is part of a pan-European action against piracy. Police seized 3,000 pirated smart cards, 102 computers, 2,000 smart card writers and €50,000 in cash. The operation is understood to turnover €30 million a year.
Separately, AEPOC has expressed its dissatisfaction with several of the findings of a professional study conducted by consulting companies for the European Commission’s consultation on its conditional access directive.
