https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Next time a drunken brawl erupts outside the pubs on Malmö's Möllevången Square, the participants could be in for a shock: the city's police want to use loudspeakers together with cameras to fight crime before officers get to the scene. https://www.thelocal.se/20190430/malm-police-to-use-loudspeakers-to-fight-crime-at-a-distance Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:53:06 +0200 malm-police-to-use-loudspeakers-to-fight-crime-at-a-distance A 47-year-old Swedish man who set up a camera in his own bathroom to film children using the toilet has been hit with a suspended sentence and a fine of over 20,000 kronor. https://www.thelocal.se/20141120/man-fined-after-filming-kids-in-bathroom Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:20:00 +0100 man-fined-after-filming-kids-in-bathroom In an apparent protest against Gothenburg's new congestion charges, local residents have sabotaged eleven of the city's toll-booth cameras in what is suspected to be a paintball attack. https://www.thelocal.se/20130319/46812 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:36:00 +0100 46812 A 22-year-old man who secretly filmed a staff-bathroom romp with a female colleague was charged with attempted blackmail on Tuesday after he threatened to show her family the video if she didn’t pay him. https://www.thelocal.se/20121024/44014 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:59:00 +0200 44014 A Swedish police commissioner has been convicted for secretly filming female officers in the nude by hiding a video camera inside a locker in the station's changing room. https://www.thelocal.se/20120313/39646 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:22:00 +0100 39646 Using camera-equipped smartphones to take compromising pictures of people without their knowledge will be punishable with jail time, according to a proposal from the Swedish government. https://www.thelocal.se/20120301/39424 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:43:00 +0100 39424 A Swedish police commissioner has been suspended after it was revealed that he had secretly filmed female officers in the nude by hiding a video camera inside a locker in the station's changing room. https://www.thelocal.se/20111229/38226 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:28:00 +0100 38226 Sweden's national rail service, SJ, has been slammed by the Data Inspection Board (Datainspektionen) after it was discovered the company was filming staff with hidden cameras to stop widespread pilfering on trains. https://www.thelocal.se/20111220/38052 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:03:00 +0100 38052 The mystery surrounding several decades-old pictures found in a vintage camera purchased last August by a UK couple at an auction in south central Sweden has been solved. https://www.thelocal.se/20111213/37918 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:06:00 +0100 37918 A UK couple are appealing to Swedes for help in gleaning clues about several decades-old photographs which turned up on film hidden in a vintage camera purchased at an auction in south central Sweden last August. https://www.thelocal.se/20111020/36868 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:03:00 +0200 36868 Hidden cameras were used to catch a number of sticky-fingered cleaners red handed stealing from the restaurant cars of Swedish trains. https://www.thelocal.se/20110504/33564 Wed, 04 May 2011 10:50:00 +0200 33564 A home-help service in western Sweden has placed surveillance cameras in the homes of elderly clients to allow the service to monitor its clients from afar. https://www.thelocal.se/20100906/28806 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:33:00 +0200 28806