“The suspected agent arrested after Säpos spionutredning”
“A person has been arrested suspected of the unlawful intelligence activities against Sweden and is suspected of having recruited as an agent of a Russian intelligence officer.”
“the Person was arrested during a meeting in Stockholm Tuesday night, writing the Fbi in a press release.”
“– This is a sensitive subject that I don’t want to say anything, ” said the prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist.”
“the Person was arrested at a meeting during the Tuesday evening in central Stockholm. “
“– It’s about a person who is suspected of having recruited as an agent of a Russian intelligence officer who worked under diplomatic cover in Sweden, ” says Daniel Stenling, head of counterintelligence at the security service, in a press release.”
“The person arrested that the person works in a high-tech industry in Sweden. The fbi writes in their press release to know that person’s duties are of interest to a foreign power, the activities of intelligence services.”
“– the Threats against Sweden are more extensive than for several years, and the technological development has made to state actors cyberinhämtning become more advanced. At the same time, also the traditional personbaserade collection, to recruit agents. The combination provides both the breadth and depth of governmental actors, the gathering of secret information, ” says Daniel Stenling.”
“Aftonbladet has previously reported that a dozen people are suspected of involvement in a network that has had a dealings with each other that got the Police to suspect that the operations can damage national security. But the prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist says that the man arrested on Tuesday, not with the investigation of this network to make. “
“At the moment, there is absolutely no connection between these matters and I would be very surprised if they hung together,” he says.”
“In general, to the prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist would not comment on the ongoing investigation.”
“– This is a sensitive subject that I don’t want to say anything, ” he says.”
“✓ the Text is updated. “
