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 Prosecutors in Spain have decided to prosecute Jonas Falk for money laundering and tax evasion, El País reported this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20180930/spain-to-prosecute-swedish-cocaine-king-on-new-charges Sun, 30 Sep 2018 05:37:51 +0200 spain-to-prosecute-swedish-cocaine-king-on-new-charges UPDATED: Colombian prosecutors and police believe a Swedish student found dead in the South American jungle may have been killed by guerilla fighters, a Swedish radio station reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150605/swedish-student-was-killed-by-colombian-rebels Fri, 05 Jun 2015 09:34:00 +0200 swedish-student-was-killed-by-colombian-rebels A company owned by scandal-hit Swedish industry giant SCA is suspected of having been part of two secret cartels to push up the price of, among other things, toilet paper and diapers in Colombia, according to a Swedish newspaper. https://www.thelocal.se/20150519/swedish-firm-sca-in-colombian-diaper-probe Tue, 19 May 2015 09:52:50 +0200 swedish-firm-sca-in-colombian-diaper-probe Crime author Jens Lapidus plans to help a Swedish man caught up in a massive drug sting involving weapons for Colombian guerillas, cocaine, and the DEA. https://www.thelocal.se/20140804/crime-writer-takes-drug-sting-to-european-court Mon, 04 Aug 2014 19:11:00 +0200 crime-writer-takes-drug-sting-to-european-court A 26-year old Swedish man has been reported missing in Colombia. The family of Jan Braunisch, from Norrköping, were last in contact with him in May and have now contacted Interpol to try and find him. https://www.thelocal.se/20130711/48998 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:30:00 +0200 48998 A 40-year-old man was sentenced on Friday to 18 years in prison after he was caught smuggling 1.4 tonnes of cocaine into Sweden as part of what has been labelled Sweden's "biggest ever" cocaine ring. https://www.thelocal.se/20130308/46624 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:16:00 +0100 46624 A Colombian court has convicted the director of a news website considered close to left-wing FARC rebels of conspiracy to commit terrorist acts, a crime punishable by eight years in prison. https://www.thelocal.se/20120912/43180 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:36:00 +0200 43180 Eight people have been charged for their part in the “biggest ever” cocaine ring in Sweden, in which several tons of cocaine at a value of 4.5 billion kronor ($665 million) had been imported from Colombia. https://www.thelocal.se/20120326/39896 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:16:00 +0200 39896 A former Swedish night club owner held in the United States on suspicion of supplying weapons to Colombian guerrillas in exchange for cocaine, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a US court. https://www.thelocal.se/20120120/38614 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:31:00 +0100 38614 Sweden coach Thomas Dennerby on Tuesday defended his team amid gibes of bully girl tactics in their 1-0 Group C opener against newcomers Colombia at the Women's World Cup. https://www.thelocal.se/20110629/34626 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:37:00 +0200 34626 A Swedish citizen nicknamed "Stallion" faced a US court on Monday and pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to supply weapons to Colombian guerillas in exchange for cocaine. https://www.thelocal.se/20110510/33678 Tue, 10 May 2011 09:34:00 +0200 33678 Venezuela's foreign minister Nicolás Maduro is counterattacking Sweden in the Venezuelan press over the arrest and deportation of a Swedish citizen to Colombia. https://www.thelocal.se/20110430/33494 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:51:00 +0200 33494 Sweden has demanded an explanation from Venezuela as to why it was not informed about the arrest of one its nationals suspected of links to the FARC rebels or his extradition to Colombia. https://www.thelocal.se/20110428/33446 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:06:00 +0200 33446 A 54-year-old Swedish man has been deported from Venezuela to Colombia on suspicion of being the head of the FARC in Europe, according to a Reuters news agency report. https://www.thelocal.se/20110426/33394 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:24:00 +0200 33394 A Swedish citizen has been deported from Colombia to Sweden, suspected of serious drugs offences and of being the leader of a cocaine smuggling ring. https://www.thelocal.se/20101228/31112 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:14:00 +0100 31112 A 23-year-old Swedish man is in custody in Stockholm for allegedly committing a murder in Colombia. https://www.thelocal.se/20090922/22216 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:32:00 +0200 22216 Sweden called on Venezuela on Monday to explain how Swedish-made weapons sold to the South American country ended up in the hands of Colombian FARC guerillas. https://www.thelocal.se/20090727/20940 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:17:00 +0200 20940 The Colombian rebel group the FARC is in possession of advanced weaponry manufactured by the Swedish firm Saab Bofors Dynamics, according to a report in the Colombian weekly newspaper Semana. https://www.thelocal.se/20090727/20930 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:42:00 +0200 20930 Rebels in Colombia have freed Swedish citizen Erik Roland Larsson who has been held captive by the leftist FARC guerrilla movement since being kidnapped in 2007. https://www.thelocal.se/20090317/18278 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:32:00 +0100 18278 Relatives of the 69-year-old Swedish man kidnapped in Colombia in 2007 have received a video message from him. https://www.thelocal.se/20090201/17294 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:02:00 +0100 17294