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 While efforts to clamp down on criminal networks in Sweden's larger cities have been successful, gangs are re-forming in smaller towns. https://www.thelocal.se/20120923/43398 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:55:00 +0200 43398 Swedish law enforcement agencies should have access to signals intelligence gathered by the National Defence Radio Establishment (Försvarets radioanstalt, FRA) to help combat terrorism, the ministry of justice proposed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20111208/37820 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:49:00 +0100 37820 Twelwe people were arrested in Sweden early on Wednesday morning suspected of spreading child pornography, according to the Swedish National Bureau of Investigation (Rikskriminalpolisen). https://www.thelocal.se/20111019/36840 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:36:00 +0200 36840 A 67-year-old Swedish man was charged with a score of child sex allegations in Haiti where he worked under the guise of an organization that purports to help street children. https://www.thelocal.se/20110612/34308 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:06:00 +0200 34308 Despite an appeal filed Friday by Julian Assange’s Swedish lawyer, Sweden has issued an international arrest warrant for the Wikileaks founder, who is wanted on suspicion of rape and sexual molestation. https://www.thelocal.se/20101120/30332 Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:00:00 +0100 30332 Swedish police are working on measures to make it easier to report Swedes who have sexually assault children abroad. Police will soon have a form on their website that will make it easier for individuals who are overseas and suspect that a Swedish citizen has sexually abused a minor. https://www.thelocal.se/20091220/23952 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:24:00 +0100 23952 Three people have been arrested in Stockholm and held on suspicion of the illegal sale of prescription drugs, including diet pills and impotence treatment, as part of a international police operation. https://www.thelocal.se/20091121/23398 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:26:00 +0100 23398 Prosecutors on Thursday requested remand hearings for two more men suspected of involvement in the dramatic helicopter robbery of a cash depot south of Stockholm. At the same time, police now suspect a second pilot may have been involved in the heist. https://www.thelocal.se/20091119/23362 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:40:00 +0100 23362 Two men suspected of involvement in last week's daring helicopter heist have been remanded in custody by a Stockholm court. A third man has been released, while the remand hearing for a fourth suspect was postponed until Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20090930/22378 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:16:00 +0200 22378 Police in Serbia suspect the mastermind behind last week's brazen helicopter heist is a 40-year-old Bosnian Serb living in Belgrade known as the 'gangster king'. https://www.thelocal.se/20090929/22360 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:40:00 +0200 22360 As the Pirate Party is gearing up for Brussels, Swedish police authorities are ramping up their efforts against file sharers. https://www.thelocal.se/20090615/20078 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:57:00 +0200 20078