The international music trade group IFPI has found a way to shut down, it hopes, piratical iTunes-style websites operating in countries like Russia and the Ukraine—it wants to curtail their ability to accept major credit cards. Both the credit card companies and the UK police have agreed to act on the music industry complaints.

IFPI has proudly announced a new copyright enforcement initiative. It boils down to this: IFPI will submit allegedly infringing websites to the London police department’s Economic Crime Directorate. Once the division has “verified the evidence,” it will pass the information to MasterCard and Visa.

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New music industry plan: halt flow of money to pirate music sites