2019-01-25 The current intelligence threat to Sweden is more comprehensive than it has been in several years. Extensive efforts are necessary to reduce the vulnerabilities associated with critical assets.
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2018-12-21 In a long-term perspective, foreign powers carry out influence operations on Sweden; however, the 2018 elections were not affected by any extensive influencing attempts. This assessment was made by the Swedish Security Service in a summary of its work to protect the elections and corresponds to the assessment made by the Service before 2018.
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2018-12-13 One person has been arrested on suspicion of preparation or conspiracy to commit a terrorist offence, among other things. Several other persons have been taken in for questioning.
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2018-11-26 The Security Service is tasked with preventing and detecting offences against Sweden and Swedish democracy. Intelligence work is carried out around the clock and year round, often under extreme time pressure. National as well as international cooperation is very important to these efforts.
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2018-11-09 The man charged with several counts of aggravated unlawful threat and attempted murder has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by Stockholm City Court which also ordered him to pay damages. The prosecutor-led criminal investigation was carried out by the Swedish Security Service.
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2018-10-31 On 21 October the Swedish Security Service arrested one person on suspicion of unlawful intelligence activities targeting refugees, and preparation to commit murder. The person was arrested following a request from the Danish Security and Intelligence Service, PET.
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2018-08-31 The Swedish Security Service has noted attempts to damage confidence in the election process and the democratic system in view of the 9 September elections. Currently these activities are within what we expected, and do not put the election result at risk.
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2018-08-15 A man suspected of several counts of aggravated unlawful threat and attempted murder was charged in Stockholm City Court on 15 August. The prosecutor-led criminal investigation was carried out by the Swedish Security Service.
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2018-06-20 As reported in the one-year assessment by the National Centre for Terrorist Threat Assessment (NCT), the main terrorist threat to Sweden is posed by Islamist-motivated terrorism
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2018-06-18 The man charged with spying on the Tibetan community in Sweden has been convicted of serious unlawful intelligence activities against several individuals and sentenced to imprisonment for one year and ten months.
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2018-06-08 The defendant charged with the attack in central Stockholm on 7 April 2017 was sentenced to life imprisonment and expulsion by the Stockholm District Court on 7 June 2018. He has, among a series of crimes, been found guilty of terrorist offence.
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2018-06-08 On 4 June 2018, the investigation of a case involving two Swedish citizens reportedly killed in Iraq this year was transferred to the Swedish Security Service. A terrorist organisation recently published an execution video on the internet.
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2018-05-08 On 3 May 2018, three individuals were remanded in custody by Solna District Court on suspicion of preparation to commit a terrorist offence.
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2018-04-30 Three individuals have been arrested on suspicion of preparation to carry out a terrorist attack. The Swedish Security Service, assisted by the Swedish Police Authority, has taken action in several locations in Sweden on 30 April.
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2018-04-11 A man arrested by the Security Service more than one year ago on suspicion of espionage against refugees in Sweden has now been charged with serious unlawful intelligence activities against several individuals in Sweden.
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2018-03-02 The Swedish Government has appointed Klas Friberg, formerly Chief Commissioner of Police Region West, as new Director General and Head of the Swedish Security Service. Mr Friberg assumes this post on 1 March 2018.
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2018-02-23 In 2017 it became obvious that our country is facing a ‘new normal’, with a growing extremist scene, an increased intelligence threat and inadequate protective security measures. This situation is described in the Swedish Security Service’s 2017 Yearbook, published on 22 February.
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2018-02-02 The Swedish Government has appointed Anders Thornberg as the new National Police Commissioner. He will assume the post on 15 February and will thus leave his current post as Head of the Swedish Security Service.
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2018-01-30 The man detained on suspicion of having carried out the attack on Drottninggatan in Stockholm last year has now been charged for crimes including terrorist offence and attempted terrorist offence. The trial is expected to begin shortly and to take place over the course of several months. The Swedish Security Service has assisted with the criminal investigation against the prosecuted man.
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2018-01-24 The Swedish election system is robust. Still, incidents in other countries have made it clear that the Swedish Security Service must work to protect the election campaign from interference from foreign powers.
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2018-01-24 The terrorist threat to Sweden remains at an elevated level. As the threat from terrorism is a shared European challenge, the Swedish Security Service works closely with partner services in other countries to prevent threats and thwart attack plans.
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2018-01-23 On Tuesday 30 January, Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor at the National Security Unit, Hans Ihrman, will indict a suspect concerning terrorist crimes committed in central Stockholm on 7 April 2017. The media is invited to a press conference regarding this prosecution.
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2017-11-14 During the EU Summit in Gothenburg on 17 November 2017, the Swedish Security Service will be assisted by close protection officers from the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET). This new form of cooperation is made possible by recent legislation.
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2017-11-14 Since the spring, the Service has been preparing for the EU Summit taking place in Gothenburg on 17 November 2017. These preparations are being carried out in cooperation with the Swedish Police and the Government Offices.
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2017-10-13 Data retention is essential to the ability to detect terrorist networks, prevent terrorist attacks and counter espionage. Not giving the Swedish Security Service access to telecommunications data held by operators will have serious consequences for the Service’s operational capability and for Swedish security. This is stated by the Service’s experts in their comments to the proposals of the Commission on Data Retention and EU Law which were presented on 11 October.
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2017-08-09 Anders Thornberg, Head of the Swedish Security Service, participated in a press conference on 24 July 2017 called by Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, in order to give an account of the Service’s protective security audit of the Transport Agency. The audit revealed shortcomings in the Transport Agency’s procurement procedures for the outsourcing of its IT operations.
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2017-04-08 The Swedish Security Service is still working intensely due to yesterday's attack in Stockholm. The focus is now to investigate who is behind the attack and to make sure no more attacks occur.
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2017-04-07 The Swedish Security Service was alarmed at 2.55 pm on Friday that a truck had driven into a crowd in on Drottninggatan in the centre of Stockholm. There are several deaths and multiple casualties.
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2017-03-16 Several terrorist attacks in Europe, a hardened climate in political debates, and a tense security situation in our part of the world are what characterised the year 2016, in the perspective of the Swedish Security Service.
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2016-04-26 The Swedish Security Service (SAEPO) is currently assessing the information we have received. In our assessment, the nature of this information is such that it cannot be dismissed.
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2016-03-02 A decision was taken on 2 March 2016 by the Director General of the Security Service, Anders Thornberg, to reduce the national terrorist threat level from high (4) to elevated (3) on a five-level scale.
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2015-12-15 14 December two men, 30 and 32 years of age, were sentenced in Gothenburg City Court to life imprisonment for terrorist offences in association with two murders in Syria in 2013. The prosecution charges had been laid by the National Security Unit.
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2015-11-22 The prosecutor today decided to release the man arrested on suspicion of preparation to commit a terrorist offence. He is no longer a suspect. The ongoing criminal investigation now aims to thoroughly examine and refute the original information.
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2015-11-20 A Security Service operation in Sweden on 19 November resulted in the successful arrest of the man arrested in absentia on 17 November on suspicion of preparation to commit a terrorist offence.
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2015-11-18 The Director General of the Swedish Security Service, Anders Thornberg, has decided to raise the terrorist threat level in Sweden from 3-elevated to 4-high, on a 5-level scale.
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2015-11-17 The Swedish Security Service is taking active measures to thoroughly assess the security situation in Sweden following the dramatic events in Paris on Friday night. At present, there are no known links between our country and the terrorist attacks in Paris.
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2015-10-06 On Saturday 3 October, Anders Thornberg, Head of the Swedish Security Service, was interviewed on the TV4 morning news program. The main topics of this interview were the current radicalisation wave in violence-promoting Islamist extremist circles and the growing problem of individuals travelling to conflict areas to join terrorist groups. The proposed tightening of Swedish anti-terrorist legislation was also discussed.
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2015-09-14 The Service welcomes the new strategy against terrorism, which was presented by the Swedish Government in the end of August. The document provides a useful, strategic platform and identifies a number of areas that we, other government agencies and a wide range of stakeholders could address as part of our counter-terrorism efforts.
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2015-07-23 On 23 July, the Swedish Security Service carried out coordinated searches at several locations in the Gothenburg area. Two individuals were arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences, for murder in Syria. There is a warrant out for the arrest of one more individual.
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