Neij moved to Laos some years ago and has been living there with his wife and children; TorrentFreak reports that he's crossed the border into Thailand plenty of times before, but once had to appeal a decision by the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok to revoke his passport. Now, it seems Neij's luck has finally run out. After his arrest, officials held a largely symbolic press conference and took photos with a small battalion of officers. The Pirate Bay is of course still alive after countless domain changes and the handing over of command. While its founders now face the full might of the law (again), their arrests have done little to pull the cloud-based ship and its database of torrent links off course.

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