Kusan shafukan yanar gizo 3,000 an rufe ko toshe bayan hukumomi sun gano ayyukan watsa labarai ba bisa doka ba da suka yi niyya kan wasannin 2026 FIFA World Cup, in ji Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta Amurka (DOJ).

An kama fiye da domain 1,000 a Amurka kaɗai a lokacin gasar, tare da kusan wannan adadin da aka toshe a Colombia. Hukumomin tilastawa a Amurka da Kudancin Amurka sun gudanar da waɗannan matakan a ƙarƙashin bincike biyu masu haɗin gwiwa — waɗanda aka kira Operation Offsides da Operation Red Card.

Kamfen mai dorewa kan satar kayan dijital

Ivan J. Arvelo, daraktan National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (NIPRCC), ya bayyana cewa watsa wasannin Kofin Duniya ba tare da izini ba ya keta haƙƙoƙin mallakar hankali kuma «yana tallafawa ƙungiyoyin masu laifi».

DOJ ta riga ta sanar da cire shafukan yanar gizo 400 a ƙarshen watan da ya gabata. Lambobi na ƙarshe sun tabbatar da cewa ɗaruruwan ƙarin sun tun an cire ko toshe su.

«Ƙoƙarin da ya ci gaba na kama fiye da domain dubu ɗaya da aka keɓe don watsa Kofin Duniya ba bisa doka ba yana tabbatar da alkawarin gwamnati ga haƙƙoƙin mallakar hankali da nasarar 2026 FIFA World Cup,» in ji A. Tysen Duva, mataimakin babban lauyan DOJ.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), hukumar tarayya mai ɗauke da NIPRCC, ta kasance mai kula da aikin a mafi yawa.

An saci kwallon kafa a sikelin masana'antu

Yawanci watsa wasanni ba bisa doka ba yana bayyana ta hanyar shafukan yanar gizo da aka gina musamman don manyan abubuwan. Masana harkar sana'a sun ce ana satar kwallon kafa a «sikelin masana'antu» saboda shahararsa a duniya, kuma masu watsa labarai sun kiyasta ayyukan suna kawar musu da biliyoyin daloli a shekara.

Hauhawar kuɗin hakkoki ya haɓaka farashin biyan kuɗi don magoya baya — musamman waɗanda ke biya a dandamali da yawa don bin ƙungiyarsu ko ƙungiyar ƙasarsu — wanda ya sanya wasu neman rafukan ba bisa doka ba maimakon haka.

Charles Rivkin, shugaban Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), wanda ya goyi bayan ƙoƙarin tilastawa, ya kwatanta Kofin Duniya a matsayin «irin wannan babban abin da ke gudana a duniya wanda hanyoyin satar kayan dijital suke sauri don cin gajiyarsa».

An kama mutane a Colombia da sauran wurare

Aikin ya sami tallafi daga FIFA, beIN Media Group, NBC Universal, Ultimate Fighting Championship, da Warner Brothers. Yawancin kuɗaɗen FIFA sun dogara ne kan sayar da haƙƙoƙin watsa labarai ga hanyoyin sadarwar duniya, wanda ya sa satar kayan dijital ya zama barazana kai tsaye ta kuɗi ga ƙungiyar.

Ofishin Babban Lauyan Colombia ya tabbatar da kame mutane da yawa waɗanda suka haɗu da binciken. An kama membobi 4 na wata ƙungiya ta masu laifi ta yanar gizo da ake zargi da ita wanda aka sani da Los Ciberinfiltrados saboda zargin samun da rarraba damar shiga wasannin Kofin Duniya ba tare da izini ba.

Har ila yau an rufe shafukan yanar gizo 830 ƙarin a Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, da Dominican Republic. Yan sandan Colombia sun kuma gudanar da ayyukan bincike da kwace a fadin ƙasar da suka yi niyya kan tufafin wasanni na ƙarya, wanda ya haifar da kama mutane 11 da hukunta su saboda kera da rarraba kayan wasanni na ƙarya ba bisa doka ba.