The Local Sweden 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 Politician quits in wake of whisky theft scandal A high-ranking Social Democrat in Stockholm stepped down on Wednesday after he was caught taking a bottle of booze from a suburban liquor store. https://www.thelocal.se/20140205/stockholm-politician-caught-shoplifting-liquor-from-systembolaget Wed, 05 Feb 2014 14:25:00 +0100 stockholm-politician-caught-shoplifting-liquor-from-systembolaget Teen caught with nipple chain down his pants A cash-strapped 18-year-old man from northern Sweden was found leaving a sex shop with a nipple chain hidden in his pants after his lack of funds prompted him to pilfer the trinket for his girlfriend. https://www.thelocal.se/20120319/39752 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:44:00 +0100 39752 Gang helping shoppers steal from Ikea A criminal gang is helping customers shoplift items from an Ikea store in northern Sweden by offering to carry items out the store's main entrance, allowing shoppers to bypass cashiers. https://www.thelocal.se/20111206/37758 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:00:00 +0100 37758 Store spares shoplifters using 'sign of shame' Shoplifters caught stealing at from the Dollar Store in Sundsvall in northern Sweden can avoid being reported to police if they agree to wear of full-body sign outing them as a thief. https://www.thelocal.se/20111118/37438 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:56:00 +0100 37438 Swedish shoplifters prefer meat: study Swedes are the worst shoplifting offenders in the Nordic region, costing every resident 779 kronor ($117) per year in higher retail prices, a new study has found. https://www.thelocal.se/20111018/36806 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:44:00 +0200 36806 Three-year-old girl caught shoplifting Police in Malmö are convinced of outside adult involvement after a pair of sisters aged 3 and 7 were caught stealing clothes at a supermarket in the city on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100424/26264 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:00:00 +0200 26264 Sweden suffers most shoplifting in the Nordic region Swedish shoplifters have stolen more than their Nordic counterparts for the second year in a row, a new study has shown. https://www.thelocal.se/20081112/15626 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:11:00 +0100 15626 Sweden tops Nordic shoplifting league Sweden has the most active shoplifters among the countries of the Nordic region, new research has shown. https://www.thelocal.se/20071114/9095 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:45:00 +0100 9095