But was the ThePirateBay.org raided by Swedish National Criminal Police on the morning of the thirty-first of May. Or not?

According to Slyck.com, two personnel were arrested and all servers confiscated.

A notice placed on the front page of ThePirateBay.org informs that a warrant was issued for all datacenters of Rix|Port 80, a Swedish IP transit operator, which hosted the site.

Breach of copyright law is the alleged crime brought up against the virtual haven for those flying the Jolly Roger.

A later story on Slyck claimed the shenaginans were a hoax. The original message is still on the site here, however. Traffic figures from Sweden show a big dip following the time of the alleged raids.