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CODA's description of only having "[analyzed] how data moves through torrent sites, such as index sites and tracker sites" is vague and can be parsed in a number of ways. The distinction between indexer and tracker is relevant: while an indexer is a user-visible list of torrents (usually a website), the tracker is the background service that software like qBittorrent actually connects to, and it lists everyone who's currently active in that torrent, whether sharing, downloading, or both.
An initial-seeder is someone who is the first to offer up data for others to download — in this case, shows and movies. The show that reportedly got Ono nailed was Midnight Taxi , a 2026 Japanese drama produced by NHK and WOWOW. However, the police apparently had been tracking him for quite a while and claimed that he had uploaded close to a thousand NHK recordings over the investigation's span.
The process started in 2021 when CODA first launched its Cross-Border Enforcement Project, aiming to identify Nyaa's uploaders. During three years, with the help of JHA, CODA seemingly collected enough information to get the Kyoto police involved in 2024. Three "secondary uploaders" from "reach sites" were charged in 2025, likely meaning regular users participating in the torrents, who got there through link aggregator sites. Fast-forward to a couple of weeks ago, and Masakazu Ono was formally arrested with specific charges.
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