“The suspected spy was arrested during the meeting in Stockholm”
“Säpo: Can be recruited by a Russian intelligence officer”
“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 on 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 on 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.”
“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. Kammaråklagaren Mats Ljungqvist at Riksenheten for national security 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 like Mats Ljungqvist would not comment on the ongoing investigation.”
“– This is a sensitive subject that I don’t want to say anything, ” he says.”
“Crime is suspected to have been going on since at least 2017.”
“– 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 Säpos Daniel Stenling.”
“According to Expressen they were all resolved, further, a man initially, but he went on the loose after he claimed the Russian diplomatic immunity.”
“the Data Mats Ljungqvist did not want to comment. “
“By Friday, the prosecutor consider whether the person arrested person will be detained or not.”
“the Crime that the person arrested the man suspected of is unlawful intelligence activities against Sweden. “
“So here, it is defined under the criminal code:n”, to go a foreign power at hand, the secret or with the use of svikliga funds either engaged in activities whose purpose is the acquisition of information about conditions whose revelatory of a foreign power can bring, but for Sweden’s security or contribute to such activities more than temporarily, will be sentenced for unlawful intelligence activities against Sweden to imprisonment not exceeding two years.when the crime is grossly sentenced to imprisonment in a minimum of six months and a maximum of four years.”n ”