In pursuance of its efforts against illegal telecom traffic and to provide high quality telecommunication services, a team of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), along with the FIA, busted an illegal international gateway exchange in a residential area of Karachi. According to details, the illegal setup was detected through the technical facility installed by the PTA to monitor the illegal business of telecom throughout the country. Upon investigation and confirmation, a successful raid was conducted by the PTA Zonal Office Karachi and FIA at F 73/4, Block-4 Clifton and an operational international gateway exchange was seized. M/s Breezcom setup was using bandwidth for international connectivity while multiple GSM SIMs were being used for local call termination. The confiscated equipment includes one Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateway along with other accessories. Computer carrying data of illegal telecom traffic was also confiscated. It was estimated that the setup was causing revenue loss worth millions of rupees to the national exchequer. FIA had registered a case against the accused and arrested two owners of the company and initiated legal action against them as per the Telecom Act. It may be mentioned that the PTA had acquired a technical solution for addressing the menace of grey traffic brought into the country through illegal means. It was a proven solution, which was currently being used by various telecom operators across the globe. PR