<s>
Operation	B-Application
Buccaneer	I-Application
is	O
an	O
"	O
ongoing	O
international	O
copyright	O
piracy	O
investigation	O
and	O
prosecution	O
"	O
undertaken	O
by	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
federal	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
crackdown	O
divided	O
into	O
three	O
parts	O
:	O
Operation	O
Bandwidth	O
,	O
Operation	B-Application
Buccaneer	I-Application
and	O
Digital	O
Piratez	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
The	O
Customs	O
Service	O
said	O
it	O
had	O
singled	O
out	O
DrinkOrDie	B-Application
because	O
it	O
was	O
considered	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
sophisticated	O
of	O
the	O
rings	O
operating	O
within	O
a	O
loose	O
,	O
global	O
network.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DrinkOrDie	B-Application
site	O
,	O
where	O
non-free	O
software	O
could	O
be	O
downloaded	O
for	O
free	O
,	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
the	O
following	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Related	O
law	O
enforcement	O
actions	O
include	O
:	O
Operation	O
Fastlink	O
,	O
Operation	O
Digital	O
Gridlock	O
,	O
Operation	O
D-Elite	O
and	O
Operation	B-Application
Site	I-Application
Down	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Australian	O
resident	O
Hew	O
Raymond	O
Griffiths	O
,	O
the	O
self-admitted	O
leader	O
of	O
DrinkorDie	B-Application
,	O
fought	O
extradition	O
to	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
for	O
almost	O
three	O
years	O
,	O
but	O
eventually	O
lost	O
and	O
was	O
sentenced	O
to	O
51	O
months	O
,	O
though	O
he	O
was	O
credited	O
for	O
the	O
time	O
served	O
in	O
an	O
Australian	O
jail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2005	O
,	O
some	O
DrinkorDie	B-Application
members	O
were	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
be	O
sentenced	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
Operation	B-Application
Buccaneer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
