<s>
PRQ	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Swedish	O
Internet	O
service	O
provider	O
and	O
web	O
hosting	O
company	O
created	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
in	O
Stockholm	O
,	O
PRQ	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Gottfrid	O
Svartholm	O
and	O
Fredrik	O
Neij	O
,	O
two	O
founders	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Pirate	I-Application
Bay	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
PRQ	B-Application
's	O
business	O
model	O
is	O
to	O
host	O
any	O
customers	O
regardless	O
of	O
how	O
odd	O
or	O
controversial	O
they	O
may	O
be	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
wrote	O
in	O
2008	O
that	O
"	O
The	B-Application
Pirate	I-Application
Bay	I-Application
guys	O
have	O
made	O
a	O
sport	O
out	O
of	O
taunting	O
all	O
forms	O
of	O
authority	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Swedish	O
police	O
,	O
and	O
PRQ	B-Application
has	O
gone	O
out	O
of	O
its	O
way	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
host	O
to	O
sites	O
that	O
other	O
companies	O
would	O
not	O
touch.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PRQ	B-Application
service	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
highly	O
secure	O
,	O
no-questions-asked	O
hosting	O
services	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
hosting	O
The	B-Application
Pirate	I-Application
Bay	I-Application
,	O
PRQ	B-Application
was	O
target	O
of	O
a	O
police	O
raid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Local	O
authorities	O
and	O
anti-paedophilia	O
activists	O
in	O
Sweden	O
have	O
failed	O
to	O
persuade	O
PRQ	B-Application
to	O
close	O
the	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
criticism	O
originates	O
from	O
the	O
hosting	O
of	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
website	O
The	B-Application
Pirate	I-Application
Bay	I-Application
,	O
WikiLeaks	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
French	O
far-right	O
blog	O
Fdesouche	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
1	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
PRQ	B-Application
was	O
raided	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
sites	O
which	O
they	O
provided	O
hosting	O
for	O
were	O
taken	O
offline	O
for	O
alleged	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
.	O
</s>
