A couple of points: There isn't a single police force that operates across England. For London there are the Metropolitan Police who cover actual London, and th

A couple of points: There isn't a single police force that operates across England. For London there are the Metropolitan Police who cover actual London, and the City of London Police who cover the "square mile", the tiny City of London area. Compare https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/city-of-london/about-us/about-us/ https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-lon... https://www.met.police.uk/police-forces/metropolitan-police/areas/about-us/about-the-met/ https://www.met.police.uk/police-forces/metropolitan-police/... And it's weird that the police are advising people not to use Sci-Hub. In England copyright violation is a civil matter, not a criminal offence, unless you're doing it as part of business or you're doing so much of it you're distorting trade. It's simply not a police matter.